Table 1: Mutated genes that cause lung cancer and best therapy
for each mutated gene.
GENE MUTATED |
LUNG CANCER CAUSED BY THIS MUTATION |
BEST THERAPY
|
p53 genes |
Half of lung cancer cases (microcellular lung
cancer (70%) and adenoid lung cancer (33%) |
Auranofin |
EGFR mutation |
10-15% of lung cancer generally appears in
adenocarcinoma |
Osimertinib and if resistance is developed use
dabrafenib and trametinib |
KRAS mutation |
adenocarcinoma |
trametinib/FGFR inhibitor |
ALK mutation |
5% percent of patients have NSCLC commonly
adenocarcinoma |
Lorlatinib (best results) Alectinib (safest profile) |
BRAF mutation |
4% of NSCLC usually adenocarcinoma |
Trametinib in combination with dabrafenib (BRAF
inhibitor) |
ROS1 oncogenic
fusion |
1%–2% of NSCLC and 4% of lung adenocarcinoma |
Crizotinib |
HER2 mutation |
1–2% of lung adenocarcinomas |
trastuzumab deruxtecan |
Rearranged during transfection (RET)
mutation |
1%–2% of NSCLC patients are usually associated
with female young Asian non-smokers patients |
Pralsetinib and Selpercatinib |
MET mutation |
adenocarcinoma and squamous NSCLC and about 5% of
lung cancer |
Capmatinib |
AKT1 mutation |
0.69% of all squamous cell lung carcinoma |
pan-AKT inhibitor AZD5363 |
FGFR1 amplification |
20% of squamous cell cancers |
combination therapy of FGFR/PLK1 inhibitors |