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SUBMITTER: Dagogo-Jack I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5003168 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology 20160901
In 2007, a chromosomal rearrangement resulting in a gene fusion leading to expression of a constitutively active anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fusion protein was identified as an oncogenic driver in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). ALK rearrangements are detected in 3%-7% of patients with NSCLC and are particularly enriched in younger patients with adenocarcinoma and a never or light smoking history. Fortuitously, crizotinib, a small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor initially developed t ...[more]