Although mutations in EGFR have been reported in oesophageal cancers, in one of the largest analyses to date, Dragovich et al (2006) did not detect any EGFR mutations in GEJ cancers (Guo et al, 2006; Kwak et al, 2006; Altiok et al, 2010). The gene discussed is EGFR; the disease is carcinoma of esophagus.