NTRK-fusion detection in thyroid and salivary gland cancer offers a targeted therapy with NTRK-inhibitor
Hana Evangelin Prayogo,
Willy Sandhika
Abstract:NTRK-fusion in cancer is rare but it offers targeted therapy with NTRK-inhibitor. NTRK fusion is not a point mutation. NTRK fusion is an oncogenic driver, NTRK mutation is not an oncogenic driver. Patients with NTRK point mutation do not respond to NTRK-targeted therapy. NTRK fusion was detected in secretory carcinoma. Secretory carcinoma was a new entity, first described in 2010, classified by NTRK-fusion. It is often misdiagnosed, and standard pathology often fails to distinguish it from another histology su… Show more
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