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. 2022 Mar 24;12:819128. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.819128

Table 2.

Genetic alterations of the PIK3CA, mTOR, PTEN, AKT1, AKT2, and AKT3 genes in human cancers.

PIK3CA
Cancer Type Number of Cases Mutation Frequency Amplification Frequency
Endometrial Carcinoma 586 44.54% 4.10%
Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma 251 22.71% 11.55%
Invasive Breast Carcinoma 1084 30.72% 1.85%
Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma 523 13.58% 11.85%
Colorectal Adenocarcinoma 594 24.75%
Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma 411 20.44% 2.68%
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer 1053 5.41% 15.95%
Ovarian Epithelial Tumor 584 0.86% 19.35%
Esophagogastric Adenocarcinoma 514 14.20% 5.06%
Diffuse Glioma 513 8.19% 0.78%
Glioblastoma 592 6.25% 2.53%
Melanoma 444 4.73% 0.45%
Prostate Adenocarcinoma 494 2.02% 2.23%
mTOR
Cancer Type Number of Cases Mutation Frequency Amplification Frequency
Melanoma 444 11.94% 0.90%
Endometrial Carcinoma 586 10.58% 0.85%
Esophagogastric Adenocarcinoma 514 6.42% 1.75%
Colorectal Adenocarcinoma 594 6.73%
Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma 511 6.07%
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer 1053 4.18% 0.19%
PTEN
Cancer Type Number of Cases Mutation Frequency Delation Frequency
Endometrial Carcinoma 586 58.02% 2.56%
Glioblastoma 592 22.13% 8.95%
Prostate Adenocarcinoma 494 2.63% 15.59%
Melanoma 444 9.46% 5.86%
Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma 251 7.57% 4.78%
Esophagogastric Adenocarcinoma 514 6.03% 4.28%
Invasive Breast Carcinoma 1084 5.17% 4.98%
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer 1053 5.60% 4.75%
Sarcoma 255 2.35% 5.88%
Colorectal Adenocarcinoma 594 5.22% 2.36%
Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma 411 3.89% 3.16%
Ovarian Epithelial Tumor 584 1.20% 4.45%
Diffuse Glioma 513 4.68% 0.97%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma 369 1.90% 3.52%
Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma 523 2.29% 2.87%
AKT1
Cancer Type Number of Cases Mutation Frequency Amplification Frequency
Endometrial Carcinoma 586 3.24% 1.02%
Ovarian Epithelial Tumor 584 3.94% 0.17%
Invasive Breast Carcinoma 1084 2.49% 1.11%
Melanoma 444 2.70%
Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma 251 1.59% 1.20%
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer 1053 0.85% 1.71%
AKT2
Cancer Type Number of Cases Mutation Frequency Amplification Frequency
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma 184 0.54% 7.07%
Endometrial Carcinoma 586 3.58% 3.57%
Ovarian Epithelial Tumor 584 0.17% 5.31%
Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma 251 1.99% 3.59%
Sarcoma 255 0.39% 3.53%
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer 1053 1.14% 3.32%
Esophagogastric Adenocarcinoma 514 2.14% 1.17%
Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma 411 0.97% 2.43%
AKT3
Cancer Type Number of Cases Mutation Frequency Amplification Frequency
Invasive Breast Carcinoma 1084 0.74% 9.78%
Endometrial Carcinoma 586 5.29% 2.73%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma 369 0.27% 5.96%
Melanoma 444 2.48% 2.93%
Ovarian Epithelial Tumor 584 5.65%
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer 1053 1.14% 3.51%
Esophagogastric Adenocarcinoma 514 1.75% 1.36%
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma 184 0.54% 2.17%
Colorectal Adenocarcinoma 594 2.19% 0.51%

The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) PanCancer Atlas Studies included 32 studies selected (10967 samples) (20, 21).