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Table 1 Distribution of actionable mutations in advanced lung adenocarcinoma and available targeted therapies [9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18]

From: Targeted therapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: current advances and future trends

Actionable mutation

Common Subtypes

Frequency in different populations

Targeted therapies

KRAS

G12C, G12V, G12D

Caucasian: 13–15%

East Asian: 3.6%

Indian: 3.9%

KRAS G12C inhibitors: Sotorasib, Adagrasib

EGFR

Deletion 19, L858R

Caucasian: 12–15%

East Asian: 47–64%

Indian: 22%

EGFR inhibitors: Erlotinib, Gefitinib, Afatinib, Dacomitinib, Osimertinib

ALK

EML-ALK fusion

Caucasian: 7%

East Asians: 5%

Indian: 3%

ALK inhibitors: Crizotinib, Ceritinib, Alectinib, Brigatinib, Lorlatinib

ALK, ROS1 and pan-TRK inhibitor: Entrectinib

MET

Exon 14 skipping mutation

MET amplification

Caucasian: 2.1–4.5%

East Asian: 0.9–4%

MET, ALK, and ROS1 inhibitor: Crizotinib

MET inhibitors: Capmatinib, Tepotinib

BRAF mutations

V600E

Caucasian: 2.6%

East Asian: 1.7%

Indian: 1.5–3.5%

BRAF + MEK inhibition: Dabrafenib + Trametinib

RET

RET-KIF5B

Caucasian: 1–2%

East Asian: 1%

RET inhibitors: Selpercatinib, Pralsetinib

ROS1

Variable fusion partners

Caucasian:0.7–1.7%

East Asian: 0.8%

Indian: 2.8%

Crizotinib, Ceritinib, Lorlatinib, Entrectinib, Repotrectinib, Taletrectinib

NTRK

NTRK 1, 2, 3 with different fusion partners

Caucasian: 0.2%

East Asian: 0.3%

Indian: 0.7%

Pan-TRK, ALK and ROS1 inhibitor: Entrectinib

Pan-TRK inhibitor: Larotrectinib

HER2

HER2 amplification

HER2 Exon 20 mutation

Caucasian: 2–4%

East Asian:1.3%

Indian: 1.5%

Antibody drug conjugates: ado-trastuzumab emtansine, trastuzumab deruxtecan

HER2 Exon 20 inhibitors: Mobocertinib, Poziotinib

  1. KRAS: kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog; EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor; ALK: anaplastic lymphoma kinase; EML4: echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4; BRAF: v-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B; HER2: human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; ROS1: c-ros oncogene 1; RET: rearranged during transfection; KIF5B: kinesin family member 5B gene; MET: c-MET; NTRK: neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase