Mutations in APC, CSF1R, EGFR, ERBB4, FGFR3, FLT3, HRAS, KDR, MET, NPM1, PDGFRA, PIK3CA, RET, SMAD4 and STK11 were detected in HCC patients across all etiologies. This evidence concerns the gene RET and hepatocellular carcinoma.