Study ALK+ (N)/Total(N) Efficacy
Studies with no control or adjustment for confounding factors
 Paik et al. [19] 28 ALK+/735
stage I-III
Median DFS:
• 76.4 months in ALK+
• 71.3 months in ALK- ( p =0.66 vs.ALK+)
Fukui et al. [20] 28 ALK+/720
adeno cases
all stages
5-year DFS rate:
• 74%  in ALK+
• 68%  in ALK- (p = 0.45 vs.ALK+)
Zhou et al. [27] 12 ALK+/134
stage IA
5-year DFS rate:
• 100%  in ALK+
• 29.5%  in ALK- (p = 0.04 vs.ALK+)
  9 ALK+/165
stage IIIA
Median DFS:
• 6 months in ALK+
• 16 months in ALK- ( p =0.0057 vs.ALK+)
Studies with control or adjustment for confounding factors
Kim et al. [5] 11 ALK+/119
never-smokers,
all stagesa
Median RFS:
• 20.0 months in ALK+
• 39.7 months in EGFR mu
• 21.4 months in KRAS mu
• 26.8 months in WT/WT/WT
a Adjusted for age, sex, histology, performance status; DFS, disease-free survival; RFS, recurrence-free survival.
Table 4: Median DFS or RFS with Surgical Therapy.