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. 2021 Sep 16;35(3):298–305. doi: 10.1038/s41379-021-00913-8

Table 1.

Frequency of NTRK fusions in patients with cancer1618.

Histology Frequency, %
Overall 0.28
Secretory breast carcinoma 92.87
Infantile fibrosarcoma 90.56
Secretory salivary gland cancer 79.68
Pleomorphic adenoma 50.47
Papillary thyroid carcinoma, pediatric 25.93
Differentiated thyroid cancer, pediatric 22.22
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor 17.7
Salivary gland carcinoma 5.08–5.29
Thyroid cancer 2.22–2.28
Sarcoma 0.68–1.17
Glioblastoma multiforme 0.62
Glioma/neuroepithelial tumor 0.55
Appendiceal adenocarcinoma 0.48–0.57
Melanoma 0.36–0.54
Biliary tract cancer 0.36
Cervical carcinoma 0.36
Colorectal cancer 0.26–0.35
Unknown primary 0.31
Neuroendocrine tumors 0.26–0.31
Pancreatic cancer 0.30–0.34
Cholangiocarcinoma 0.25
Lung adenocarcinoma 0.16–0.23
Invasive breast carcinomaa 0.08–0.13

NOS = not otherwise specified

aExcludes secretory breast cancer.