reported the existence of two LCNEC genomic subtypes with specific transcriptional patterns, which they categorized as type I (NSCLC type) with TP53 and STK11/KEAP1 alterations and type II (SCLC type) with TP53 and RB1 alterations, which is introduced in the upcoming 2021 WHO classification (8). Here, STK11 is linked to small cell lung carcinoma.