FGFR1 and cancer: The abnormal activation of receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) in the pathology of many cancers has called attention to this family of receptors, which include widely studied epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) [2], fibroblast epidermal growth factor (FGFR1) [3], and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) [4], in addition to other members [5, 6].