We did not find any significant association of MITF(E318K) with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) (p = 0.5068), pancreatic cancer (p = 0.487), or pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (p = 0.565) in the TCGA cohort. This evidence concerns the gene MITF and hereditary pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma.