FGFR1 and non-small cell lung carcinoma: Of the two main types of lung cancer, small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which accounts for 85% of lung carcinomas, FGFR1 is amplified in 22% of squamous cell lung carcinomas, a subtype of NSCLC (Katoh & Nakagama 2014).