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Variants & evidence
427 evidence items mapped to this entity or its descendants, grouped by molecular profile, then therapy. 50 items per page.
| Therapy | Cancer | Type | Level | Direction · significance | Rating (1–5) | Status | Evidence | Source |
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| NTRK3 Fusion2 | ||||||||
| (oncogenic) | Infantile FibrosarcomaALIAS | Oncogenic | D | Supports Oncogenicity | 4 | accepted | EID10379A novel EML4::NTRK3 fusion was identified in a 9-month-old male with a recurrent congenital fibrosarcoma. The in-frame fusion transcript contained exons 1-2 of EML4 fused to exon 14 of NTRK3 which is … (full text at CIViC) PMID 27148571 · Tannenbaum-Dvir et al., 2015 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| Entrectinib | Infantile FibrosarcomaALIAS | Predictive | C | Supports Sensitivity Response | 2 | accepted | EID11859In a phase 1/2 trial of entrectinib in pediatric patients, tumors with fusions in NTRK, ROS1, or ALK had an overall response (ORR) of 57.7% (95% CI; 36.9-76.7). This included a patient with infantile… (full text at CIViC) PMID 35395680 · Desai et al., 2022 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| EML6 EML6::NTRK31 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | Infantile FibrosarcomaALIAS | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 2 | rejected | EID10418EML6::NTRK3 fusion is seen in cases of Infantile fibrosarcoma and congenital mesoblastic nephroma. In general, these tumors more commonly harbor ETV6::NTRK3 fusions, therefore alternative NTRK3 fusion… (full text at CIViC) PMID 29099503 · Church et al., 2018 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| ERCC2 K751Q1 | ||||||||
| Cisplatin | Osteosarcoma | Predictive | B | Supports Resistance | 4 | accepted | EID676The ERCC2 K751Q variant was significantly correlated with a lower response to cisplatin chemotherapy in osteosarcoma patients and shorter event-free survival. 91 osteosarcoma patients with a median ag… (full text at CIViC) PMID 19434073 · Caronia et al., 2009 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| NTRK3 Fusion10 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | Infantile FibrosarcomaALIAS | Diagnostic | A | Supports Positive | 4 | accepted | EID8332This is the first study showing the ETV6-NTRK3 gene fusion in congenital fibrosarcoma (CFS). Using cytogenetic and FISH analyses, a novel t(12;15)(p13;q25) rearrangement was identified in CFS cases (3… (full text at CIViC) PMID 9462753 · Knezevich et al., 1998 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Infantile FibrosarcomaALIAS | Diagnostic | B | Supports Positive | 3 | accepted | EID11276In this study, a collection of pediatric spindle cell tumors were screened for the ETV6::NTRK3 fusion by RT-PCR. 10 of 11 (91%) cases diagnosed as congenital fibrosarcoma were found to harbor the ETV… (full text at CIViC) PMID 10895816 · Bourgeois et al., 2000 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Infantile FibrosarcomaALIAS | |||||||
| CREB3L1 Fusion3 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | Sclerosing Epithelioid Fibrosarcoma | Diagnostic | B | Supports Positive | 3 | accepted | EID12058In this 2017 study, the authors utilized SNP arrays, expression profiling, transcriptome, and whole-exome sequencing to further characterize sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma (SEF) and low-grade fi… (full text at CIViC) PMID 28939748 · Arbajian et al., 2017 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Sclerosing Epithelioid Fibrosarcoma | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 3 | accepted | EID12057In this 2014 study, the authors compared 10 primary sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcomas (SEF), 4 cases of low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS), and one primary hybrid SEF/LGFMS. Patients with SEF ra… (full text at CIViC) PMID 24441665 · Arbajian et al., 2014 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Sclerosing Epithelioid Fibrosarcoma | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | ||||
| DDIT3 Fusion3 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | Liposarcoma | Diagnostic | B | Supports Positive | 3 | submitted | EID7982Both RT-PCR and PCR were used to detect and confirm the presence of fusion transcripts in RNA extracted from the surgical resections of 74 liposarcomas and 98 lipomas. EWSR1-DDIT3 (EWS-CHOP) was foun… (full text at CIViC) PMID 20332486 · Kubo et al., 2010 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Myxoid Liposarcoma | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 3 | accepted | EID1778Identified two cases of myxoid liposarcoma with translocations (between 12q13 and 22q12) giving rise to EWSR1-DDIT3 (EWS-CHOP) fusions instead of the more common FUS-DDIT3. PMID 8637704 · Panagopoulos et al., 1996 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 1 | submitted | ||
| NR4A3 Fusion2 | ||||||||
| Pazopanib | Extraskeletal Myxoid Chondrosarcoma | Predictive | B | Supports Sensitivity Response | 3 | submitted | EID9819In this single-arm, open-label phase 2 trial, extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma patients treated with pazopanib were reported and 22/23 patients (one patient died before the primary analysis) were e… (full text at CIViC) PMID 31331701 · Stacchiotti et al., 2019 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| Sunitinib | Extraskeletal Myxoid Chondrosarcoma | Predictive | B | Supports Sensitivity Response | 3 | submitted | EID6378his report confirms the therapeutic activity of sunitinib in extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. Genotype/phenotype analyses support a correlation between response and EWSR1-NR4A3 fusion. PMID 24703573 · Stacchiotti et al., 2014 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| NR4A3 Fusion + NR4A3 Fusion1 | ||||||||
| Trabectedin | Extraskeletal Myxoid Chondrosarcoma | Predictive | C | Supports Sensitivity Response | 2 | accepted | EID12545In a sub-analysis of a randomized phase II trial in extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (EWSR1-NR4A3 and TAF15-NR4A3 fusions; n = 2) and mesenchymal chondrosarcoma (HEY1-NCOA2 fusion, n = 6)(trabected… (full text at CIViC) PMID 27418251 · Morioka et al., 2016 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| TFCP2 Fusion3 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | Spindle Cell Rhabdomyosarcoma | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 4 | accepted | EID12825This study presented clinicopathological and molecular findings of TFCP2-rearranged rhabdomyosarcomas with epithelioid and/or spindle cell morphology. The cohort comprised 14 cases, including 3 index … (full text at CIViC) PMID 31383960 · Le Loarer et al., 2020 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Spindle Cell Rhabdomyosarcoma | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 4 | accepted | EID12827This study reported clinicopathologic and molecular features of 25 cases of fusion-driven spindle cell/sclerosing rhabdomyosarcoma (SCSRMS). The tumors occurred in bone (n=19) and soft tissue (n=6). T… (full text at CIViC) PMID 37422156 · Dehner et al., 2023 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Spindle Cell Rhabdomyosarcoma | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 3 | |||
| FGFR4 N535K1 | ||||||||
| FGF/VEGF Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, PD173074 | Rhabdomyosarcoma | Predictive | D | Supports Sensitivity Response | 3 | submitted | EID8906FGFR4 tyrosine kinase domain mutations were found among 7 of 94 (7.5%) primary human RMS tumors. The mutants K535 and E550 increased autophosphorylation, Stat3 signaling, tumor proliferation, and meta… (full text at CIViC) PMID 19809159 · Taylor et al., 2009 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| FGFR4 Overexpression1 | ||||||||
| Ponatinib | Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma | Predictive | D | Supports Sensitivity Response | 3 | submitted | EID7137Indeed, cell lines expressing the highest levels of FGFR4 (above a relative level of six) were the most sensitive to ponatinib (Figure 1C, p = 0.0344). These results, therefore, suggest that increased… (full text at CIViC) PMID 24124571 · Li et al., 2013 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| FGFR4 V550E1 | ||||||||
| FGF/VEGF Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, PD173074 | Rhabdomyosarcoma | Predictive | D | Supports Sensitivity Response | 3 | submitted | EID8907FGFR4 tyrosine kinase domain mutations were found among 7 of 94 (7.5%) primary human RMS tumors. The mutants K535 and E550 increased autophosphorylation, Stat3 signaling, tumor proliferation, and meta… (full text at CIViC) PMID 19809159 · Taylor et al., 2009 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| ALK Fusion1 | ||||||||
| Lorlatinib | Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor | Predictive | C | Supports Sensitivity Response | 3 | submitted | EID11292This case study was on a 43-year-old female patient with an FN1-ALK gene fusion. In several case reports and phase 1b/phase 2 studies, responses of ALK-positive IMTs to crizotinib have been shown. Cri… (full text at CIViC) PMID 33007314 · Reinhart et al., 2020 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| ROS1 Fusion1 | ||||||||
| (oncogenic) | Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor | Oncogenic | C | Supports Oncogenicity | 2 | submitted | EID12611In the STARTRK-NG Phase 1/2 trial of entrectinib in pediatric patients, with extracranial solid tumors or primary CNS tumors, aged <22 years with relapsed or refractory disease, tumors with fusions… (full text at CIViC) PMID 35395680 · Desai et al., 2022 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| FOSB Rearrangement2 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | Osteoblastoma | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 2 | rejected | EID11597Whole-genome DNA and RNA sequencing in 5 osteoblastomas and 1 osteoid osteoma identified FOS rearrangements in 5 tumors (4 osteoblastoma and 1 osteoid osteoma) and a FOSB rearrangement in 1 osteoblast… (full text at CIViC) PMID 29858576 · Fittall et al., 2018 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Osteoblastoma | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 2 | accepted | EID11787This study investigated two cases of osteoblastoma to identify genetic aberrations using cytogenetic analysis, RNA sequencing, and molecular analyses. In the first case, a FOS::ANKH fusion transcript… (full text at CIViC) PMID 32108038 · Panagopoulos et al., 2020 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| FOS Rearrangement2 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | Osteoblastoma | Diagnostic | B | Supports Positive | 4 | accepted | EID11596Whole-genome DNA and RNA sequencing of 5 osteoblastomas and 1 osteoid osteoma identified FOS rearrangements in 5 tumors (4 osteoblastomas and 1 osteoid osteoma) and a FOSB rearrangement in 1 osteoblas… (full text at CIViC) PMID 29858576 · Fittall et al., 2018 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Osteoblastoma | Diagnostic | B | Supports Positive | 3 | accepted | EID11786The study evaluated FOS and FOSB immunohistochemistry (IHC) in osteoid osteoma (n=23), osteoblastoma (n=22), and other bone tumor types to gauge the specificity of FOS/FOSB IHC for diagnosing these tu… (full text at CIViC) PMID 31768625 · Lam et al., 2020 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| CREB3L2 Fusion3 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | Low Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma | Diagnostic | B | Supports Positive | 4 | accepted | EID12061RT-PCR analysis of 59 low-grade fibromyxoid sarcomas (LGFMS) and 52 non-LGFMS tumors selected for their resemblance to LGFMS (LGFMS-like tumors), identified a FUS::CREB3L2 fusion in 45 cases, a FUS::C… (full text at CIViC) PMID 17721195 · Guillou et al., 2007 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Low Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma | Diagnostic | B | Supports Positive | 3 | accepted | EID12062In this study, an RT-PCR assay detected a FUS::CREB3L2 transcript in 14 of 16 (88%) low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS) cases, whereas the fusion was not detected in any of the 123 other soft-tissue… (full text at CIViC) PMID 16931951 · Matsuyama et al., 2006 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Low Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | ||||
| DDIT3 Fusion5 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | Liposarcoma | Diagnostic | B | Supports Positive | 4 | accepted | EID7981Both RT-PCR and PCR were used to detect and confirm the presence of fusion transcripts in RNA extracted from the surgical resections of 74 liposarcomas and 98 lipomas. FUS-DDIT3 (TLS-CHOP) was found … (full text at CIViC) PMID 20332486 · Kubo et al., 2010 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Myxoid Liposarcoma | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 2 | accepted | EID1785In this 1992 paper, 9 of 26 liposarcoma patients had a histopathologic diagnosis of myxoid liposarcoma. Cytogenetic analysis revealed 6 of these patients had t(12;16)(q13;p11). 2 patients had a cyt… (full text at CIViC) PMID 1568170 · Sreekantaiah et al., 1992 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Myxoid Liposarcoma | Diagnostic | D | Supports Positive | 4 | accepted | ||
| TFCP2 Fusion1 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | Spindle Cell Rhabdomyosarcoma | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 4 | accepted | EID12326This 2018 study highlighted the diagnostic role of the FUS::TFCP2 fusion in spindle cell/sclerosing rhabdomyosarcoma (sRMS) through a single-case study of a primary spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma of bo… (full text at CIViC) PMID 29758589 · Dashti et al., 2018 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| ALK Exon 2-18 Deletion + TFCP2 FusionTFCP2ALK2 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | Spindle Cell Rhabdomyosarcoma | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 4 | accepted | EID12405A 31 year old male initially thought to have a mandibular osteosarcoma that was resected and treated with adjuvant radiation and cisplatin-doxorubicin. He had a mandibular recurrence with multiple pul… (full text at CIViC) PMID 39302072 · Csizmok et al., 2024 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| Alectinib | Spindle Cell Rhabdomyosarcoma | Predictive | C | Supports Sensitivity Response | 2 | accepted | EID12406A 31 year old male initially thought to have a mandibular osteosarcoma that was resected and treated with adjuvant radiation and cisplatin-doxorubicin. He had a mandibular recurrence with multiple pul… (full text at CIViC) PMID 39302072 · Csizmok et al., 2024 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| H3-3B K36M1 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | Chondroblastoma | Diagnostic | B | Supports Positive | 4 | accepted | EID6463Behjati et al identified K36M mutations in a set of 77 chondroblastomas. Chondroblastoma is a typically a pediatric or early adult cancer. Of the 77, 5 had K36M mutations in H3F3A, 68 had K36M in H3F3… (full text at CIViC) PMID 24162739 · Behjati et al., 2013 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| NCOA2 Fusion3 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma | Diagnostic | B | Supports Positive | 4 | accepted | EID7008A HEY1-NCOA2 fusion joining exon 4 of HEY1 to exon 13 of NCOA2 was identified in 10 mesenchymal chondrosarcomas but was absent from all other sarcoma types tested including other chondrosarcoma subtyp… (full text at CIViC) PMID 22034177 · Wang et al., 2012 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma | Diagnostic | B | Supports Positive | 4 | submitted | EID7025Meningeal hemangiopericytoma (HPC) and mesenchymal chondrosarcoma (MC) are aggressive neoplasms with overlapping clinical presentations and morphology. Thirteen FFPE samples of MC (9 females, 4 males)… (full text at CIViC) PMID 24124145 · Fritchie et al., 2013 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma | Diagnostic | B | Supports Positive | 4 | |||
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Evidence levels, directions and ratings are those assigned by CIViC curators. "Submitted" items have not completed curation review. This is not treatment guidance.
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EID11277In this study, the ETV6::NTRK3 fusion was detected in 7 of 10 (70%) of congenital fibrosarcomas by RT-PCR but absent in 38 other control spindle cell tumors, including adult-type fibrosarcomas, leiom… (full text at CIViC) PMID 11242790 · Sheng et al., 2001 · Open in CIViC |
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| (oncogenic) | Infantile FibrosarcomaALIAS | Oncogenic | C | Supports Oncogenicity | 3 | accepted | EID10502A novel and recurrent t(12;15)(p13;q25) translocation was identified in all three cases of congenital fibrosarcoma (CFS) studied. Molecular cloning of the breakpoints revealed that this translocation … (full text at CIViC) PMID 9462753 · Knezevich et al., 1998 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| Entrectinib | Infantile FibrosarcomaALIAS | Predictive | C | Supports Sensitivity Response | 2 | submitted | EID11858In a phase 1/2 trial of entrectinib in pediatric patients, tumors with fusions in NTRK, ROS1, or ALK had an overall response (ORR) of 57.7% (95% CI; 36.9-76.7). This included a patient with infantile… (full text at CIViC) PMID 35395680 · Desai et al., 2022 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor | Predictive | C | Supports Sensitivity Response | 2 | submitted | EID12527Plasma ctDNA analysis detected an ETV6:NTRK3 fusion (described by the authors as "ETV6 exon4:NTRK3 exon14" at a VAF of 35.3%) in a female patient with recurrent GIST. Entrectinib therapy (600 mg daily… (full text at CIViC) PMID 40900786 · Dong et al., 2025 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| Larotrectinib | Infantile FibrosarcomaALIAS | Predictive | A | Supports Sensitivity Response | 4 | accepted | EID6099Four out of six patients with infantile fibrosarcoma and a ETV6-NTRK3 fusion had a partial response, the remaining two had a complete response with larotrectinib. Treatment was done within a multicent… (full text at CIViC) PMID 29606586 · Laetsch et al., 2018 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Infantile FibrosarcomaALIAS | Predictive | C | Supports Sensitivity Response | 3 | accepted | EID7418In a pediatric phase 1 trial (NCT02637687) after initial chemotherapy failure, two ETV6-NTRK3 positive children (2 year old and 5 month old) were treated with Larotrectinib, resulting in reduced tumor… (full text at CIViC) PMID 30204247 · DuBois et al., 2018 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Infantile FibrosarcomaALIAS | Predictive | C | Supports Sensitivity Response | 3 | accepted | EID10717This case report describes a male infant with a recurrent (post-resection) infantile fibrosarcoma (IFS) with lymph node involvement and ETV6-NTRK3 fusion. The tumor did not respond to chemotherapy but… (full text at CIViC) PMID 32223937 · Bielack et al., 2019 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Infantile FibrosarcomaALIAS | Predictive | C | Supports Sensitivity Response | 2 | accepted | EID6473Nagasubramanian et al reports on a case of refractory infantile fibrosarcoma (IFS) with constitutive activation of the tropomyosin‐related kinase (TRK) signaling pathway from an ETS variant gene 6–neu… (full text at CIViC) PMID 27093299 · Nagasubramanian et al., 2016 · Open in CIViC | civic |
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EID12059In this 2015 study, the authors aimed to further characterize the molecular characteristics of pure sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma (SEF) and hybrid SEF/low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS) lesio… (full text at CIViC) PMID 25231134 · Prieto-Granada et al., 2015 · Open in CIViC |
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Both RT-PCR and PCR were used to detect and confirm the presence of fusion transcripts in RNA extracted from the surgical resections of 74 liposarcomas and 98 lipomas. EWSR1::DDIT3 (EWS-CHOP) was foun… (full text at CIViC)
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EID12826This study presented clinicopathological and molecular features of 11 cases of head and neck rhabdomyosarcomas (HNRMSs). The median age of the cohort was 29 years, ranging 16-74 years with no sex bias… (full text at CIViC) PMID 33382123 · Xu et al., 2021 · Open in CIViC |
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EID12060In this 2014 study, the authors compared 10 primary sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcomas (SEF), 4 cases of low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS), and one primary hybrid SEF/LGFMS. Patients with LGFMS … (full text at CIViC) PMID 24441665 · Arbajian et al., 2014 · Open in CIViC |
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EID12430This study provided in vivo evidence showing the adipocyte-specific oncogenicity of the FUS::CHOP fusion transcript in liposarcoma, using a transgenic mouse model with ubiquitous FUS::CHOP expression … (full text at CIViC) PMID 10828883 · Pérez-Losada et al., 2000 · Open in CIViC |
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| 〃 | Myxoid Liposarcoma | Diagnostic | D | Supports Positive | 2 | accepted | EID12431This preclinical study examined the effect of the FUS::DDIT3 fusion protein on the oncogenic role of IGF-1R/PI3K/Akt signaling in myxoid liposarcoma (MLS) and explored the therapeutic potential of IGF… (full text at CIViC) PMID 28637688 · Trautmann et al., 2017 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| NVP-AEW541 | Myxoid Liposarcoma | Predictive | D | Supports Sensitivity Response | 3 | submitted | EID5920A comprehensive subset of myxoid liposarcoma specimens showed elevated expression and phosphorylation levels of various IGF-IR/PI3K/Akt signaling effectors. In HT1080 fibrosarcoma cells, overexpressio… (full text at CIViC) PMID 28637688 · Trautmann et al., 2017 · Open in CIViC | civic |
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EID7026FISH was used to detect HEY1-NCOA2 fusions in 10 paraffin embedded samples from patients diagnosed with mesenchymal chondrosarcoma. HEY1 and NCOA2 are located on same chromosome but generate distinct … (full text at CIViC) PMID 23252872 · Nakayama et al., 2012 · Open in CIViC |
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