Methods: Our study refers to a patient diagnosed in July 2017 with stage IV A lung cancer, cT3 N3 M1b (poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, EGFR, ALK and PDL 1 negative), who underwent five lines of treatment and who has, at the time of writing this article (March 2025), a very good performance status, currently undergoing maintenance chemotherapy. Here, ALK is linked to lung carcinoma.