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The authors present a clinical case of a caucasian male patient, 59 years-old, non-smoker, with an advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), with 3 years of follow-up, received erlotinib for 18 months, after failure of more than one chemotherapy schedule, without evidence of oncologic progression. The patient evidences excellent quality of life, controlled sintomatology, recovery of the capacity of tolerance to the effort and it maintains his professional activities. The treatment with erlotinib has been well tolerated, although exhibiting grade 1 cutaneous toxicity. Rev Port Pneumol 2008; XIV (Supl 3): S9-S15. |