ALK, ALK receptor tyrosine kinase, 238

N. diseases: 519; N. variants: 41
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE <b>Introduction</b>: Brigatinib is a second-line inhibitor for the treatment of rearranged anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) in lung cancer patients which has significant activity against brain metastases. 31328968 2019
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE <b>Materials and methods:</b> Data were from the Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) in Lung Cancer Trial of brigatinib (ALTA; NCT02094573), an open-label, international, phase 2 study. 31125274 2019
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE -The National Cancer Care Network and the combined College of American Pathologists/International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/Association for Molecular Pathology guidelines indicate that all lung adenocarcinomas (ADCs) should be tested for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations and anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangements. 27552093 2016
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE 430 abstracts on EGFR and ALK mutations in lung cancer were annotated manually. 25618216 2015
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Lung cancer with the ALK rearrangement constitutes only a small fraction of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). 24792336 2014
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Lung cancer outcomes in NZ may be improved by providing national guidelines and funding policy for ALK testing and access to subsidized ALK TKI therapy.This article is protected by copyright.All rights reserved. 31318119 2019
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE ALK is a receptor tyrosine kinase that was first identified as part of a protein fusion derived from a chromosomal translocation detected in the majority of anaplastic large cell lymphoma patients, and has recently been implicated as an oncogene in a small fraction of non-small-cell lung cancers and neuroblastomas. 18451166 2008
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangements, associated with sensitivity to an experimental ALK/MET inhibitor, occur in 3% to 5% of non-small cell lung cancers. 21062932 2010
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE ALK fusion gene positive lung cancer and 3 cases treated with an inhibitor for ALK kinase activity. 21757253 2012
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Anaplastic lymphoma kinase gene (ALK) fusions have been identified in approximately 5% of non-small-cell lung carcinomas (NSCLCs) and define a distinct subpopulation of patients with lung cancer who are highly responsive to ALK kinase inhibitors, such as crizotinib. 23246132 2013
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE ALK-positive NSCLC has emerged as a distinct, well defined subset of lung malignancies. 23385859 2013
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE ALK rearrangements in EBUS-derived transbronchial needle aspiration cytology in lung cancer. 23551582 2013
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE ALK rearrangement in a large series of consecutive non-small cell lung cancers: comparison between a new immunohistochemical approach and fluorescence in situ hybridization for the screening of patients eligible for crizotinib treatment. 24885803 2014
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangements define a subgroup of lung cancer which is eligible to targeted kinase inhibition. 26678488 2015
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangement-positive non-small-cell lung cancers can be effectively treated with an ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) such as crizotinib, but the response magnitude and duration are heterogeneous. 27354483 2016
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE ALK protein expression may be necessary for ALK FISH-positive lung cancer to be responsive to ALK inhibitor therapy. 27613526 2016
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE ALK alterations and inhibition in lung cancer. 27637426 2017
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE ALK, ROS1 and RET gene fusions are important predictive biomarkers for tyrosine kinase inhibitors in lung cancer. 28181564 2017
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE ALK (anaplastic lymphoma kinase) tyrosine kinase inhibitors elicit a significant objective response rate and are well-tolerated in advanced ALK-positive lung cancer. 28362192 2017
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (<i>ALK</i>) rearrangement responds to ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in lung cancer. 28721068 2017
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE ALK and ROS1 testing on lung cancer cytologic samples: Perspectives. 28743163 2017
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE ALK Status Assessment with Liquid Biopsies of Lung Cancer Patients. 28805673 2017
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE ALK gene rearrangement has been observed in 3%-5% of non-small-cell lung cancers, and multiple ALK inhibitors have been developed for the treatment of ALK-positive lung cancer. 29336091 2018
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE ALK is a critical regulator of the MYC-signaling axis in ALK positive lung cancer. 29507657 2018
CUI: C0242379
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of lung
Malignant neoplasm of lung
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE ALK fusion genes were detected at a frequency of 7.3% (11/150) in the lung cancer specimens. 30972901 2019