[12] The presence of FGFR fusions (FGFR3-BAIAP2L1) not only enhanced tumor cell proliferation, but also led to significant sensitivity to small kinase inhibitors (PD173074) in pre-clinical cellular and xenograft bladder cancer models, in contrast with FGFR3 mutant cell lines, which were not sensitive to kinase inhibition. This evidence concerns the gene FGFR3 and urinary bladder carcinoma.