Significant differences can be found in the mutation rate of EGFR (60.9% vs 11.9%), KRAS (12.2% vs 25.0%), STK11 (1.5% vs 11.9%), FGFR3 (2.4% vs 0.0%) and ERBB4 (1.2% vs 6.1%) between adenocarcinoma in our cohort and TCGA-LUAD data (all p < 0.001). Here, FGFR3 is linked to adenocarcinoma.