Analysis of mRNA sequencing data from the TCGA compendium, comprising 4366 primary tumor samples from 13 tissue types, revealed kinase fusions involving ALK, ROS, RET, NTRK, and FGFR gene families, which were detected in several types of cancer: bladder carcinoma (3.3 %), glioblastoma (4.4 %), head and neck cancer (1.0 %), low-grade glioma (1.5 %), lung adenocarcinoma (1.6 %), lung squamous cell carcinoma (2.3 %), and thyroid carcinoma (8.7 %) [89]. The gene discussed is ALK; the disease is cancer.