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Table 1 Summary of common oncogenic driver mutations, their corresponding testing methods and their respective inhibitors

From: Oncogenic driver mutations in lung cancer

Target

Detection method

Inhibitor

EGFR

Direct sequencing

Gefitinib, Erlotinib

Real-time PCR

BIBW2992 (Afatinib)

Single-strand conformational polymorphism

PF00299804 (Dacomitinib)

High-resolution melting amplicon analysis

HKI-272 (Neratinib)

BPI-2009 (Icotinib)

EKB-569 (Pelitinib)

CI-1033 (Canertinib)

GW572016 (Lapatinib)

KRAS

Direct sequencing

Not available

Real-time PCR

Amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS)

Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)

Co-amplification at lower denaturation temperature-polymerase chain reaction (COLD-PCR)

ALK Fusion

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)

PF-02341066 (Crizotinib)

Immunohistochemistry (IHC)

CH5424802 (AF802)

Real-time Reverse Transcription-PCR

MET

Quantitative PCR

PF-02341066 (Crizotinib)

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)

ARQ197 (Tivantinib)

PCR-based sequencing

GSK1363089 (Foretinib)

XL184 (Cabozantinib)

PF-04217903

  

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