Abstract:Objective To investigate the correlation between chemotherapy sensitivity and EML4-ALK, EGFR, KRAS and c-MET gene mutation in non-small cell lung cancer. Methods Patients with non-small cell lung cancer who were admitted in our hospital were involved in this study. Totally 96 stage IIIb and IV patients were enrolled. Totally 10 ml vein blood was collected for determination of ARMS, EGFR, ALK, KRAS and c-MET gene mutation. Results Effective rate of chemotherapy was 24% in patients with mutations in EGFR (n = 12) while effect rate was 45.65% in patients with wild type of EGFR (n = 46). No significant difference in serious side effect was identified between the two groups (P > 0.05). Effective rate of chemotherapy was 100% in patients with AML4-ALK (n = 4) fusion mutation while effect rate was significantly decreased in patients without AML4-ALK fusion (n = 48) (30.77% Vs 100%, P < 0.05). No significant difference in serious side effect was identified between the two groups (P > 0.05). Effective rate of chemotherapy was 75% in patients with KRAS mutation (n = 6) while effect rate was significantly decreased in patients without AML4-ALK fusion (n = 27) (175% Vs 30.68%, P < 0.05). The serious side effects of chemotherapy and chemotherapy have statistically significant different. Effective rate of chemotherapy was 12.5% in patients with mutations in c-MET (n = 4) while effect rate was 38.75% in patients with wild type of EGFR (n = 31). No significant difference in serious side effect was identified between the two groups (P > 0.05). Conclusions Mutation in EML4-ALK, KRAS, MET may affect the efficacy of chemotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.