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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Oncol Rep. 2015 Apr;17(4):15. doi: 10.1007/s11912-015-0438-0

Table 2. Common Genomic Alterations in Breast Cancer and Existing Therapeutic Options.

Commonly mutated genes in breast cancer are grouped by pathway and listed with estimated mutation frequency. Agents currently in clinical trials targeting each pathway are listed. Adapted from Metzger-Filho & Polyak.42

PI3-Kinase Pathway ERBB2/
HER2
Fibroblast Growth
Factor
Insulin-Like
Growth Factor
Estrogen
Receptor
BRCA
Mutation
c-MET

PIK3CA (34%), PIK3R1 (2%), AKT1 (2%) ERBB2 (14%) FGFR1 (13%), FGFR2
(3%), FGFR3 (2%)
IGF1R (6%), IGF2R
(3%), IGF1 (1%)
ESR1 (4%) BRCA1 (4%),
BRCA2 (4%)
MET (2%)

Inhibitors PI3K Inhibitors mTOR inhibitors AKT inhibitors PI3K/mTOR Inhibitors PARP Inhibitors
Buparlisib (BKM120) Everolimus GDC-0068 BGT226 Trastuzumab AZD4547 BMS-754807 Tamoxifen Olaparib SGX523
Pictilisib (GDC-0941) Temsirolimus MK2206 GDC-0980 T-DM1 BGJ398 Cixutumumab Toremifene Veliparib INC280
BYL120 AZD8055 GSK2141795 PKI-587 Pertuzumab Dovitinib Dalotuzumab Anastrazole Rucaparib Tivantinib
GDC-0032 INK128 XL765 Lapatinib Lucitinib (E-3810)** Figitumumab Letrozole BMN-673 PF-02341066*
INK1117 Afatinib HGS1036 Ganitumab Exemestane CEP-9722 Cabozantinib**
PF-04691502 Canertinib BAY1163877 Linsitinib Fulvestrant E7016 GSK1363089
PX-866 Dacomitinib GSK3052230 MEDI-573 INO-1001 ARQ197
XL147 Neratinib MK4827
MM-121
*

Also inhibits ALK

**

Also inhibits VEGFR