Recent studies described that the rate of FGFR1 amplification was significantly higher in squamous cell lung cancer (SqCLC) and Asians, and FGFR1 amplification may be a potential new therapeutic target for individual patients with specific lung cancer subtypes such as EGFR TKI for Asian patients with lung adenocarcinoma.35 The gene discussed is FGFR1; the disease is lung carcinoma.