This statistic displays the percentage of patients as of 2016 whose tumors are driven by certain genetic mutations, and thus may benefit from personalized medical treatment and specific drug therapies. Of patients diagnosed with lung cancer, 41 percent had tumors that are driven or caused by genetic mutation, while of patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer, 56 percent had tumors driven by genetic mutation.
Percentage of patients whose tumors are driven by certain genetic mutations as of 2016, by cancer type
Cancer type
Percentage of patients
Melanoma
73%
Thyroid
56%
Colorectal
51%
Endometrial
43%
Lung
41%
Pancreatic
41%
Breast
32%
Other gynecological
31%
Genitourinary
29%
Other gastrointestinal
25%
Ovarian
21%
Head and Neck
21%
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Cancer typePercentage of patients73%73%56%56%51%51%43%43%41%41%41%41%32%32%31%31%29%29%25%25%21%21%21%21%MelanomaThyroidColorectalEndometrialLungPancreaticBreastOther gynecologicalGenitourinaryOther gastrointestinalOvarianHead and Neck
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Personalized Medicine Coalition. (February 28, 2017). Percentage of patients whose tumors are driven by certain genetic mutations as of 2016, by cancer type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/687902/certain-genetic-mutations-in-tumors-among-patients-by-type/
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Personalized Medicine Coalition. (2017). Percentage of patients whose tumors are driven by certain genetic mutations as of 2016, by cancer type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/687902/certain-genetic-mutations-in-tumors-among-patients-by-type/
Personalized Medicine Coalition. "Percentage of Patients Whose Tumors Are Driven by Certain Genetic Mutations as of 2016, by Cancer Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/687902/certain-genetic-mutations-in-tumors-among-patients-by-type/
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