Consistent with these findings, EML4-ALK status did not affect the sensitivity of advanced NSCLC patients to platinum-based combination chemotherapy in terms of response rate and progression-free survival although overall survival of EML4-ALK positive patients tended to be shorter than that of the EGFR mutated cohort nut resembled that in the wild-type cohort [50]. Here, ALK is linked to non-small cell lung carcinoma.