The alteration which tended to be detected more often in FTC was 12q24.11-q24.13 (region size: 3.99 Mb) overlapping FOXN4, MYL2, PTPN11, UBE3B, RAD9B, and RASAL1 genes, as well as OAS gene family. The gene discussed is UBE3B; the disease is thyroid cancer, nonmedullary, 2.