• Gene deletion; HGNC; HGNC:1787; CDKN2A; Zygosity=Homozygous (PubMed=26909863).
  
• Gene deletion; HGNC; HGNC:1788; CDKN2B; Zygosity=Homozygous (PubMed=26909863).
  
• Gene fusion; HGNC; HGNC:7413; MTAP + HGNC; HGNC:34341; CDKN2B-AS1; Name(s)=MTAP-ANRIL (PubMed=26909863).
  
• Mutation; HGNC; HGNC:1097; BRAF; Simple; p.Asp594Asn (c.1780G>A); ClinVar=VCV000044813; Zygosity=Unspecified (PubMed=16827748; PubMed=17311103; PubMed=23348503; PubMed=23851445).
  
• Mutation; HGNC; HGNC:7989; NRAS; Simple; p.Gly13Asp (c.38G>A); ClinVar=VCV000013901; Zygosity=Unspecified (PubMed=17311103; PubMed=23348503).
  

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