Review Article

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Gene in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The Importance of Promoter Polymorphism Investigation

Table 1

EGFR -191C/A and -216G/T minor allele frequencies in lung cancer patients of different ethnicities.

Minor allele frequency
SNPCaucasiansAsiansAfrican AmericansPublication

rs712830 (-191C/A)0.136 (6/44)0.000 (0/46)0.000 (0/48)Liu et al. [40]
0.114 (37/324)NANACusatis et al. [95]
NA0.000 (0/54)NAChoi et al. [90]
0.071 (13/184)NANALiu et al. [15]
0.099 (19/192)NANAGiovannetti et al. [17]
0.128 (85/662)NANAWinther Larsen et al. [78]
0.226 (19/84)NANAObradović et al. [85]
NA0.035 (9/260)NABashir et al. [96]

rs712829 (-216G/T)0.318 (14/44)0.071 (3/46)0.292 (14/48)Liu et al. [40]
0.444 (144/324)NANACusatis et al. [95]
NA0.040 (2/54)NAChoi et al. [90]
0.400 (73/184)NANALiu et al. [15]
0.440 (144/328)NANAGregorc et al. [109]
0.401 (77/192)NANAGiovannetti et al. [17]
NA0.020 (23/1128)NADong et al. [97]
NA0.050 (14/282)NALiu et al. [98]
NA0.056 (8/142)NAJung et al. [19]
NA0.283 (361/1276)NAGuo et al. [99]
0.326 (216/662)NANAWinther Larsen et al. [78]
NA0.130 (60/460)NAZhang et al. [110]
0.310 (26/84)NANAObradović et al. [85]
NA0.287 (491/856)NAGuo et al. [100]
NA0.596 (155/260)NABashir et al. [96]

NA: not available; population mainly Caucasian.