These associations include APC/CDC20 for EML4-ALK fusions in lung cancers (Fig. 3d), SPOP for NUP98-NSD1 (Fig. 3e) and BCR-ABL fusions in LAML, and FBW7 (or FBXW7, F-box and WD repeat domain containing 7) for CCDC6-RET fusions in thyroid carcinomas (THCAs) (Supplementary Data 3). This evidence concerns the gene ALK and thyroid gland carcinoma.