DAXX and thalassemia: In accordance with this observation, TERT promoter mutations are mutually exclusive with the mutations in α-thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome X-linked (ATRX), death domain associated protein (DAXX) or switch/sucrose non-fermentable (SWI/SNF) related, matrix associated, actin dependent regulator of chromatin, subfamily a, member 1 (SMARCA1), which are chromatin remodeling proteins associated with ALT pathway activation [49,50,51,52].