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Table 2.

Rationale for therapy recommendations

Therapeutic agent (trading name) and

number of recommendations

Targets Overview of current FDA approval in different entities Overview of current EMA approval in different entities

Cetuximab (Erbitux)

N = 3

EGFR expression CRC, HNSCC CRC, HNSCC

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)

N = 3

PD‐1, hypermutability

Melanoma, NSCLC, HNSCC, HL, urothelial carcinoma, microsatellite instability‐high cancer, gastric cancer, cervical cancer Melanoma, NSCLC, HNSCC, HL, urothelial carcinoma

Sunitinib (Sutent)

N = 2

PDGFR, KIT, VEGFR, RET, FLT3 RCC, PDAC, GIST RCC, PDAC, GIST

Dasatinib (Sprycel)

N = 1

BCR/ABL, Src family, PDGFR Ph + CML, Ph + ALL Ph + CML, Ph + ALL

Nintedanib (Vargatef, Ofev)

N = 1

PDGFR, FLT3, FGFR, VEGFR Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis NSCLC

Everolimus (Afinitor)

N = 1

mTOR expression Breast cancer, PNET, RCC, renal angiomyolipoma, Breast cancer, RCC, neuroendocrine tumors of pancreatic, gastrointestinal or lung origin

ABL, Abelson murine leukemia viral oncogene homolog 1; ALL, acute lymphatic leukemia; BCR, breakpoint cluster region; CML, chronic myleloid leukemia; EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor; EMA, European Medicines Agency; FDA, Food and Drug Administration; FLT3, fms like tyrosine kinase 3; GIST, gastrointestinal stromal tumor; HL, Hodgkin’s lymphoma; HNSCC, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; NSCLC, non‐small cell lung carcinoma; PD‐1, programmed cell death protein 1; PDAC, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; PDGFR, platelet‐derived growth factor receptor; Ph+, Philadelphia chromosome positive; p‐mTOR, phosphorylated mammalian target of rapamycin; RCC, renal cell carcinoma; RET, rearranged during transfection; TP53, tumor protein 53; VEGFR, vascular endothelial growth factor.