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. 2023 Nov 30;29(1):84–88. doi: 10.1093/oncolo/oyad310

Table 1.

Immunohistochemical and molecular biomarkers of lung and thyroid carcinoma.

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.