Review Article

Tyrosine Kinase Receptor Landscape in Lung Cancer: Therapeutical Implications

Table 1

Summary of prevalence of TKR molecular alterations, divided by the main lung cancer histologies, and examples of TKIs available for every alteration.

AlterationNSCLCSCLCTKI available
ADCSCC

EGFR mutation10–15% [33]5% [34]<5% [35]Erlotinib, Afatinib, Gefitinib, AZD9291, rociletinib
EGFR vIII mutationVery rare [36, 37]5% [36, 37]HKI-272
HER2 overexpression5–9% [38]3–5% [38]Afatinib, Neratinib, Trastuzumab
HER2 mutation2% [38]1% [38]
HER2 amplification0,9% [38]
FGFR1 amplification1–3% [39]4–6% [34]20% [40, 41]BGJ398, AZD4547, JNJ-42756493
FGFR rearrangementVery rare [42]1% [42]
MET amplification3–21% [4345]2% [4345]3–21% [4345]Crizotinib, Tivantinib
MET mutation2% [38]1% [38]
DDR2 mutation1% [4648]4% [4648]Dasatinib
ALK rearrangement2–7% [33]1% [49]Crizotinib, alectinib, Ceritinib
ROS1 rearrangement1,7% [50]TAE684
RET rearrangement0,9% [7, 51]Vandetanib, ASP3026, Cabozantinib, Foretinib
KIT mutation6% [34]Axitinib, Imatinib
PDGFRA amplification3.8% [52]2% [34]8.7% [32]Crenolanib

NSCLC: non-small-cell lung cancer; ADC: adenocarcinoma; SCC: squamous cell carcinoma; SCLC: small-cell lung cancer.