Human lung cell line BEAS-2B and malignant A549 lung cancer cells (ALK/ROS1 wt) were treated with alectinib or crizotinib….Crizotinib led to higher cell death rates than alectinib, when cells were treated with 10 µM KI. Alectinib induced a more intense growth inhibition of colonies....Crizotinib resulted in a stronger response at highest concentration of 10 µM in BEAS-2B (10 µM + 2 Gy: 76.4 %) and A549 (10 µM + 2 Gy: 65.2 %) compared to alectinib (BEAS-2B, 10 µM + 2 Gy: 35.3 %; A549, 10 µM + 2 Gy: 44.5 %).