Initially, significant correlation between high expression of FGFR1 and its neighboring genes [BAG4, LSM1, NSD3 [WHSC1L1] (19, 40), ASH2L, DDHD2, TACC1, and EIF4EBP1 (19)] and FGFR1 amplification in Sq-NSCLC tissue was shown. Here, NSD3 is linked to non-small cell lung carcinoma.