A variety of ALK fusion genes such as EML4-ALK, KIF5B-ALK, KLC1-ALK, TFG-ALK, TPR-ALK, HIP1-ALK, STRN-ALK, DCTN1-ALK, SQSTM1-ALK, BIRC6-ALK and BCL11A-ALK have been reported in NSCLC patients [6–9]. The gene discussed is ALK; the disease is non-small cell lung carcinoma.