Table 1.
NSCLC | Non-anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|
Adenocarcinoma (%) | Squamous cell carcinoma (%) | ||
IHC biomarkers | |||
TTF-1 | 80-85 | 1 | 90%-100% |
p63 | 33 | 94 | 70a |
p40 | 16 | 94 | ≈0 |
CK7 | 95 | ≈0 | 97 |
CK5/6 | 2 | 90 | ≈0 |
Napsin-A | 74 | 1 | 9-30a |
Molecular biomarkers | |||
NTRK rearrangement | <1 | ≈0 | 2-6 |
TERT promoter mutation | 3 | <2 | 11b |
aPapillary thyroid carcinoma, virtually absent in follicular and medullary carcinoma.
bPapillary thyroid carcinoma; 30%-50% in poorly differentiated histology.
Abbreviations: CK: cytokeratin; IHC: immunohistochemistry; NSCLC: non-small cell lung cancer; NTRK: Neurotrophic Tyrosine Kinase Receptor; TERT: Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase; TTF-1: Transcriptional Thyroid Factor 1.