Table 3.
Response of lung adenocarcinoma patients to RET tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Patient | RET fusion gene | Inhibitor | Ethnicity | Sex | Age, years | Pathological diagnosis | Smoking history (pack‐year) | Response (% decrease) | Reference |
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1 | TRIM33–RET | Cabozantinib | Caucasian | Female | 41 | Papillary adenocarcinoma | Never‐smoker | Partial response (66) | 16 |
2 | KIF5B–RET | Cabozantinib | African‐American | Female | 75 | Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma | Never‐smoker | Partial response (32) | 16 |
3 | KIF5B–RET | Cabozantinib | Caucasian | Female | 68 | Mixed subtype adenocarcinoma | Never‐smoker | Stable disease | 16 |
4 | KIF5B–RET | Vandetanib | Caucasian | Male | 58 | Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma | Former smoker (5) | Decrease in size | 26 |