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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Control. 2016 Oct;23(4):338–346. doi: 10.1177/107327481602300405

Table 1.

Estimated prevalence of the frequency mutated genes in lung cancer

Gene Frequency (%)
EGFR
  By region
    Western populations ~10%
    Asian populations ~35%
  By Country
    Argentina 19.3%
    Colombia 24.8%
    Mexico 31.2%
    Peru 67.0%
    Costa Rica 26.0 to 35.3%
    Panama 24.8%
KRAS
  By region
    Western populations 18.0 to 26.0%
    Asian populations 3.8 to 8.0%
STK11/LKB1
    Western populations 9.0 to 17.0%
    Asian populations 3.0 to 7.0%
BRAFa
  Overall 1.0 to 3.5%
PIK3CAa
  Overall 1.0 to 3.0%
ALK fusion
  Overall 3.0 to 7.0%
  By region
    Western populations 1.0 to 3.0%
    Asian populations 2.3 to 6.7%
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No published reports assessing racial and ethnic differences