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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Feb 2;24(12):2719–2731. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-2494

Table 2.

A list of actionable genes, the alteration types, and the alteration frequencies for several common cancer types.

Tumor type Actionable genes Alteration type Frequency Comments
Non-small cell lung cancer BRAF Mutations 5–10%
DDR2 Mutations 1–6%
EGFR Mutations 4–18%
EML4-ALK Fusion 4%
ERBB2 Mutations 2–3%
FGFR1 Amplification 2–17%
FGFR3 Fusion 2%
KRAS Mutations 1–32% 1% in adenocarcinoma, 32% in squamous cell carcinoma
MAP2K1 Mutations 1%
MET Amplification 1–4%
MET Mutations 3–8% 3% MET exon 14 mutation in lung adenocarcinoma
NF1 Mutations 11%
NTRK1 Fusion 2–4%
PIK3CA Mutations 4–16%
PTEN Mutations/Deletion 1–8%
RET Fusion 2–4%
RICTOR Amplification 2–5%
ROS1 Fusion 4–11%
STK11 Mutations 2–17%
Bladder AKT1 Mutations 3%
CDKN2A Deletion 47%
CDKN2A Mutations 5%
EGFR Amplification 11%
ERBB2 Amplification 7%
ERBB3 Mutations 11%
FGFR3 Mutations 45% 60–80% in non-muscle-invasive; 15–20% in muscle-invasive bladder cancer
FGFR3 Amplification 3%
FGFR3-TACC3 Fusion 5%
KRAS Mutations 4%
MDM2 Amplification 9%
PIK3CA Mutations 20%
PTEN Mutations 3%
PTEN Deletion 13%
TSC1 Mutations 9%
Biliary BRAF Mutations 7%
EGFR Mutations/Amplification 5%
ERBB2 Mutations/Amplification 4–18% 18% in gallbladder carcinoma
FGF19 Amplification 3%
FGFR1 Mutations/Amplification 4%
FGFR2 Fusion 5% 5% in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
IDH1/2 Mutations 0–6% 4–6% in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
KRAS Mutations 18%
MDM2 Amplification 5%
PIK3CA Mutations 7%
PTEN Deletion 1–7% 7% in gallbladder carcinoma
Gastric EGFR Mutations 3–5%
EGFR Amplification 6%
ERBB2 Mutations 5–7%
ERBB2 Amplification 13%
ERBB3 Mutations 5–11%
ERBB3 Amplification 4%
FGFR1 Mutations 4%
FGFR2 Amplification 5%
KRAS Mutations 6%
MET Mutations 2%
MET Amplification 4%
PIK3CA Mutations/Amplification 24% 42% and 72% in MSI-H and EBV+ gastric cancer, respectively
PTEN Mutations 4–8%
PTEN Deletion 4%
Melanoma BRAF Mutations 45%
CDKN2A Deletion 13%
IDH1 Mutations 6%
KDR Amplification 3%
KIT Amplification 4%
MAP2K1 Mutations 5%
NF1 Mutations 14%
NRAS Mutations 10–25%
PDGFRA Amplification 3%
Breast 11q Amplification 15%
AKT1 Mutations 2–4%
CDKN2A Deletion 3–4%
ERBB2 Mutations/Amplification 13%
ESR1 Mutations 10% ER+ breast cancer, metastatic samples and not primary (marker of resistance to antiestrogen therapy)
FGFR1 Amplification 10–15%
FGFR2 Amplification 4%
MAP2K4 Mutations 2–7%
MAP3K1 Mutations 4–13%
NF1 Mutations 2–4%
NTRK3 Fusion 92% Secretory breast cancer
PIK3CA Mutations 9–45%
PIK3CA Amplification 4–5%
PIK3R1 Mutations 2%
PTEN Mutations/Deletion 3–8%
RB1 Mutations/Deletion 5–6% Marker of resistance to CDK 4/6 inhibitors
Colorectal AKT1 Mutations 1–6%
BRAF Mutations 3–47% 47% in MSI-H colorectal cancer
ERBB2 Mutations/Amplification 6–13%
ERBB3 Mutations 4–20%
KRAS Mutations 35%
NRAS Mutations 10%
PIK3CA Mutations 15–37% 37% MSI-H colorectal cancer
PIK3R1 Mutations 2–17%
PTEN Deletion 4–20% 20% MSI-H colorectal cancer
Ovarian AKT1 Amplification 3%
AKT2 Amplification 2%
BRAF Mutations 2–6% (low grade serous ovary) Extremely rare in high grade ovarian cancer; 2–6% low grade serous ovarian cancer (excluding borderline tumors)
BRCA1 (germline or somatic) Mutations 9%
BRCA2 (germline or somatic) Mutations 5%
CCND1 Amplification 20%
CDKN2A Deletion 32%
FGFR1 Amplification 5%
KRAS Mutations/Amplification 19–33% (low grade serous ovary) Extremely rare in high grade; 19–33% low grade serous ovarian cancer (excluding borderline tumors)
NF1 Mutations/Deletion 12%
NOTCH3 Mutations/Amplification 11%
PIK3CA Mutations/Amplification 18%
PTEN Mutations/Deletion 7%
Glioblastoma BRAF Mutations 2%
CDK4 Amplification 14%
CDK6 Amplification 2%
CDKN2A/B Deletion 61%
EGFR Mutations 17–21%
EGFR Amplification 41–44%
FGFR1-TACC1 Fusion NA
FGFR3-TACC3 Fusion 3–7%
IDH1 Mutations 5–12%
MDM2 Amplification 7%
MDM4 Amplification 8%
MET Amplification 2%
NF1 Mutations 10%
NTRK1 Fusion 1%
PDGFRA Amplification 10%
PIK3CA Mutations/Amplification 25%
PTEN Mutations/Deletion 41%

MSI-H = Microsatellite instability high; EBV = Epstein-Barr Virus

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