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). Here, FGFR1 is linked to lung carcinoma.