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: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE The patient had a complete response of choroidal metastasis after therapy with ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors. 31804301 2020
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Moreover, the concordance of ALK status was observed in these pairs.<b>Conclusions</b>: Our data suggested that hotspot mutations and ALK status in the primary-metastasis pairs had a high concordance in lung adenocarcinoma. 31651223 2020
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Logistic multivariate regression analysis revealed that positive EGFR mutation (P = .012), positive ALK gene fusion (P = .015), positive RET gene fusion (P = .003), pathological type (P = .009), lymph node N2-3 metastasis (P < .001), and a younger age (P < .001) were independent risk factors for brain metastasis. 31769228 2020
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE In advanced stages, patients with ALK-rearranged NSCLC, compared with EGFR-mutant NSCLC, were more likely to have lymphadenopathy (OR, 3.47; P < .001), pericardial metastasis (OR, 2.18; P = .04), pleural metastasis (OR, 2.07; P = .004), and lymphangitic carcinomatosis (OR, 3.41; P = .02), but less likely to have lung metastasis (OR, 0.52; P = .003). 31164317 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE In 3 cases, mutations observed in the primary tumour were not found in LN metastases (ALK, FGFR3, MET). 29110262 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Here we present a case of NSCLC harboring an ALK translocation treated with four lines of ALK inhibitors and receiving WBRT for LC, showing an overall survival of ∼5 years from the diagnosis of metastatic disease. 30629552 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE At the same time, patient was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma in the left lower lobe with positive anaplastic lymphoma kinase mutation and with right lower lobe metastasis. 31609765 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE In another case, EML4-ALK fusion detected in the primary tumor was associated with ALK G1202R secondary resistance mutation in the post-treatment metastasis. 30946933 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Our primary objective was to determine the uncommon sites of metastasis of ALK+ NSCLC. 30741758 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE He was diagnosed with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma combined with multiple distant metastases. 31123682 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Metastasized non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with an anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangement is usually sensitive to a range of ALK-tyrosine kinase inhibitors. 31630043 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE One patient did not detected EGFR or ALK mutation in the metastatic tumor, but the primary lung adenocarcinoma did harbor an EGFR mutation. 31455365 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Most recurrent and metastatic tumors (80%) and ALK(-) tumors (88%) were PD-L1(+). 29449680 2018
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE In this double-blind, phase 3 trial, we randomly assigned (in a 2:1 ratio) 616 patients with metastatic nonsquamous NSCLC without sensitizing EGFR or ALK mutations who had received no previous treatment for metastatic disease to receive pemetrexed and a platinum-based drug plus either 200 mg of pembrolizumab or placebo every 3 weeks for 4 cycles, followed by pembrolizumab or placebo for up to a total of 35 cycles plus pemetrexed maintenance therapy. 29658856 2018
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Younger age and distant metastasis were the only two independent predictors of ALK positivity. 29164298 2018
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE The lack of exposure to second-generation ALK inhibitors and intracranial metastasis on initial diagnosis were independent negative prognostic factors of OS. 29436187 2018
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE ALK and integrin β3 expression were positively correlated, and we discovered that high integrin β3 mRNA expression was associated with metastasis and more advanced tumor stages (<i>P</i> < 0.005; <i>P</i> < 0.05). 29776956 2018
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE In conclusion, we suggest that ALK positive/<i>NRAS</i> mutated metastases represent a specific subset of metastatic melanomas, associated with a better prognosis. 30546443 2018
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Therefore, ALK gene translocation can be measured reliably in material from either primary or metastatic tumours in lung adenocarcinoma patients. 28887531 2017
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Since IRS1/2 interact with and transmits signals from the receptors of insulin, Insulin Like Growth Factor 1 (IGF1), prolactin, growth hormone (GH), leptin, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), TrkB, ALK and integrins this promoted scientist to think that IRS1 may have functions in cell proliferation, tumorigenesis and metastasis. 28234626 2017
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE We discovered that NSCLCs with EML4-ALK short forms (variant 3/others) had more advanced stage and frequent metastases than cases with the long forms (variant 1/others) (p = 0.057, p < 0.05). 28741662 2017
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Complete remission of intrathecal metastases with lorlatinib therapy in a heavily pretreated ALK-positive lung cancer patient. 28628492 2017
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Chi-square test was applied to explore the relationship between ALK fusion status and metastasis sites. 28374971 2017
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Concordance between primary site and metastasis by ALK FISH was seen in 30 cases (88%), and in 32 cases (94%) by ALK IHC.Five discordant cases were found (15%). 28316074 2017
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.400 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Analysis of ALK translocations in the primary lung tumor would be suitable for planning the use of a TKI for advanced NSCLC, but it would be better to detect metastasis specimens as ALK negative specimens if both primary and metastatic specimens have developed. 29312572 2017