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CDKN2A

CDKN2A is a gene biomarker in the evidence tier "Cancer actionable (CGI)". This page lists evidence by type: Assay-provider ledger (284), Actionable biomarkers (8), Trial mentions (127), and 7 more evidence types, each linked to its source.

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Assay-provider ledger Assay-provider ledger 284 Actionable biomarkers Actionable biomarkers 8 Trial mentions Trial mentions 127 Target-disease associations Target-disease associations 2,024 Vendor sourcing Vendor sourcing 495 Trial-cited literature Trial-cited literature 1,799 Protein variant mentions Protein variant mentions 84 Human sample screening reference Human sample screening reference 7 Assay-provider ledger Assay-provider ledger 284 Actionable biomarkers Actionable biomarkers 8 Trial mentions Trial mentions 127 Target-disease associations Target-disease associations 2,024 Vendor sourcing Vendor sourcing 495 Trial-cited literature Trial-cited literature 1,799 Protein variant mentions Protein variant mentions 84 Human sample screening reference Human sample screening reference 7

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Cancer actionable (CGI)

Curated as clinically actionable in cancer by the Cancer Genome Interpreter.

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Evidence over time

Share of that year: what fraction of the trials and papers our biomarker dictionary matched in a year mention CDKN2A. The denominator is documents that mention any gene, not every registered document, so improving the matcher moves both halves and never rewrites history. Gene named in free-text trial records. A mention, not a validated biomarker. Actionable-biomarker and target-disease-association evidence carries no date in our sources, so it is not on this chart. Publication mentions cover only papers cited by a registered clinical trial, not all of PubMed.

Trial mentions: plotted from 1990 to 2026, the years our matched corpus covers. Not plotted: 1 with a planned future start.

Publication mentions: plotted from 1990 to 2023, the years our matched corpus covers. Not plotted: 54 at the structurally incomplete recent edge.

The yearly numbers
CDKN2A per year, by evidence type, the most recent 10 years, newest first; the chart covers 1990 to 2026. The share is of the trials and papers our biomarker dictionary matched that year, not of the literature at large, and a blank year is one our matched corpus does not cover at all.
Year Trial mentions Share of that year Publication mentions Share of that year
2026 14 of 8,738 0.16% not measured
2025 7 of 8,875 0.08% not measured
2024 12 of 8,597 0.14% not measured
2023 8 of 8,275 0.10% 105 of 11,460 0.92%
2022 15 of 8,285 0.18% 145 of 13,598 1.07%
2021 6 of 8,692 0.07% 183 of 15,045 1.22%
2020 11 of 7,640 0.14% 165 of 14,459 1.14%
2019 11 of 7,300 0.15% 134 of 12,159 1.10%
2018 7 of 6,927 0.10% 128 of 11,854 1.08%
2017 7 of 6,558 0.11% 137 of 11,595 1.18%

Assay-provider ledger (284)

Shown in this order: most recent publication first.

Assay-provider ledger
Company Provider class Validation Papers Most recent publication
Foundation Medicine Diagnostic provider Clinical validationAnalytical validation 8 August 01, 2026
Olympus Corporation of Americas Reagent supplier Clinical validationAnalytical validation 1 August 01, 2026
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC (Click-iT EdU kit, TaqMan Low-Density Array reagents, ExpressionSuite/DataAssist software) Reagent supplier Clinical validationAnalytical validation 10 August 01, 2026
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Molecular & Genomics Pathology (MGP) laboratory Not a company Clinical validationAnalytical validation 1 August 01, 2026
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS Context dependent Clinical validation 4 July 01, 2026 +3 undated

Actionable biomarkers (8)

Shown in this order: fixed catalogue order, not ranked.

Actionable biomarkers
Alteration Drug Response Disease Source
CDKN2A deletion Cdk4/6 Inhibitors response-associated cutaneous melanoma Cancer Genome Interpreter
CDKN2A oncogenic mutation Cdk4/6 Inhibitors response-associated cutaneous melanoma Cancer Genome Interpreter
CDKN2A oncogenic mutation Cdk4/6 Inhibitors response-associated glioma Cancer Genome Interpreter
CDKN2A deletion Cdk4/6 Inhibitors response-associated glioma Cancer Genome Interpreter
CDKN2A oncogenic mutation Cdk4/6 Inhibitors response-associated No disease recorded Cancer Genome Interpreter

Trial mentions (127)

Shown in this order: fixed catalogue order, not by date.

Trial mentions
Trial Source
NCT05123859 Trial biospecimen (AACT)
NCT06789653 Trial biospecimen (AACT)
NCT06450301 Trial biospecimen (AACT)
NCT03717844 Trial biospecimen (AACT)
NCT05190172 Trial eligibility (AACT)

Target-disease associations (2,024)

Shown in this order: fixed catalogue order, not ranked.

Target-disease associations
Disease Therapeutic area Source
46,XX testicular disorder of sex development endocrine system disease Mouse knockout (IMPC)
46,XY complete gonadal dysgenesis cardiovascular disease Mouse knockout (IMPC)
46,XY partial gonadal dysgenesis endocrine system disease Mouse knockout (IMPC)
AIDS genetic, familial or congenital disease Literature (Europe PMC)
AIDS dementia infectious disease Literature (Europe PMC)

Vendor sourcing (495)

Shown in this order: alphabetical by organization.

Vendor sourcing
Organization Role Tier Evidence Citation
3billion, Inc. (South Korea) Testing lab / CRO (runs the assay) Clinical-testing interpretation submitted (ClinVar)ClinVar clinical-testing submission The variant is observed at an allele frequency greater than expected for the associated disorder in the gnomAD v4.1.0 dataset and therefore considered benign... View ClinVar record SCV006582567.2
AGC Biologics S.p.A. Trial sponsor Mentioned in trial textTrial free-text mention MLM View trial NCT04097301
ARUP Laboratories (United States) Testing lab / CRO (runs the assay) Clinical-testing interpretation submitted (ClinVar)ClinVar clinical-testing submission The CDKN2A c.-34G>T variant (rs1800586; ClinVar ID: 182414) is reported in the literature in multiple individuals affected with melanoma and/or pancreatic ca... View ClinVar record SCV005877897.1
AbbVie Inc. Trial collaborator Named in trial inclusion criteriaTrial eligibility criteria : 1. Patients with histologically confirmed, advanced or metastatic cancer for which standard curative or palliative measures do not exist or are no longer ... View trial NCT02478320
AbbVie Inc. Trial collaborator Mentioned in trial textTrial free-text mention CDKN2A View trial NCT02478320

Trial-cited literature (1,799)

Shown in this order: newest first, then most cited.

Trial-cited literature
Publication Journal Year Citations
Concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide for 1p/19q non-co-deleted anaplastic glioma (CATNON; EORTC study 26053-22054): final and exploratory analyses of a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial. The Lancet. Oncology 2026 5
Abemaciclib in meningiomas with somatic NF2 or CDK pathway alterations: the phase 2 Alliance A071401 trial. Nature medicine 2026 1
Exploratory Biomarker Analysis of Abemaciclib in Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma With Dysregulated CDK4/6 Pathway. Head & neck 2026 0
Intraoperative Molecular Imaging Can Detect Large Nerve Perineural Invasion: A Case Report. Head & neck 2026 0
MAT2A inhibitor AG-270/S095033 in patients with advanced malignancies: a phase I trial. Nature communications 2025 38

Protein variant mentions (84)

Shown in this order: alphabetical by variant.

Protein variant mentions
Variant Distinct papers Year range Sample papers
p.A100V 1 2015 PMID 25741868
p.A118T 1 2015 PMID 25741868
p.A132V 1 2015 PMID 25741868
p.A143T 3 2014 to 2015 PMID 25741868, PMID 26104880, PMID 25780468
p.A148V 1 2015 PMID 25741868

Human sample screening reference (7)

Shown in this order: alphabetical by variant.

Human sample screening reference
Variant GDC project Disease / site Affected cases Profiled cases Observed frequency 95% interval
p.E120* ALCHEMIST-ALCH Not Reported; Not Reported 1 1,170 0.09% 0.02% to 0.48%
p.E120* CDDP_EAGLE-1 Adenomas and Adenocarcinomas; Bronchus and lung 1 50 2.00% 0.35% to 10.50%
p.E120* CPTAC-3 Not Applicable; Transitional Cell Papillomas and Carcinomas; Ductal and Lobular Neoplasms; Adenomas and Adenocarcinomas; Gliomas; Epithelial Neoplasms, NOS; Complex Epithelial Neoplasms; Complex Mixed and Stromal Neoplasms; Lipomatous Neoplasms; Squamous Cell Neoplasms; Myeloid Leukemias; Nevi and Melanomas; Stomach; Other and ill-defined sites in lip, oral cavity and pharynx; Unknown; Colon; Other and unspecified urinary organs; Floor of mouth; Other and unspecified parts of mouth; Gum; Bronchus and lung; Oropharynx; Other and unspecified parts of tongue; Base of tongue; Breast; Other and ill-defined sites; Larynx; Lip; Uterus, NOS; Hematopoietic and reticuloendothelial systems; Kidney; Brain; Skin; Pancreas; Tonsil 1 1,815 0.06% 0.01% to 0.31%
p.E120* TCGA-HNSC Squamous Cell Neoplasms; Base of tongue; Lip; Gum; Hypopharynx; Palate; Other and ill-defined sites in lip, oral cavity and pharynx; Bones, joints and articular cartilage of other and unspecified sites; Other and unspecified parts of tongue; Floor of mouth; Tonsil; Other and unspecified parts of mouth; Oropharynx; Larynx 4 528 0.76% 0.29% to 1.93%
p.E120* TCGA-LUSC Adenomas and Adenocarcinomas; Squamous Cell Neoplasms; Bronchus and lung 2 504 0.40% 0.11% to 1.44%

Literature-extracted relations (443)

Shown in this order: chemicals, then diseases.

Literature-extracted relations
Related entity Kind Source relation label Paper Year
Inotuzumab Ozogamicin Chemical associate Genomic determinants of response and resistance to inotuzumab ozogamicin in B-cell ALL. 2024
Sirolimus Chemical negative_correlate mTOR inhibition abrogates human mammary stem cells and early breast cancer progression markers. 2023
Trabectedin Chemical associate DNA damage response and repair genes in advanced bone and soft tissue sarcomas: An 8-gene signature as a candidate predictive biomarker of response to trabectedin and olaparib combination. 2022
Vemurafenib Chemical associate Long-term outcomes in patients with relapsed or refractory hairy cell leukemia treated with vemurafenib monotherapy. 2022
Sirolimus Chemical negative_correlate Topical rapamycin reduces markers of senescence and aging in human skin: an exploratory, prospective, randomized trial. 2019

Organizations publishing (918)

Shown in this order: most papers first.

Organizations publishing
Organization Type Papers Years
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Hospital 98 2010 to 2026
Government of the United States of America Government 95 1994 to 2026
The University of Texas System Academic 93 2001 to 2025
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Other 73 2005 to 2025
Mayo Clinic Hospital 62 2004 to 2026

Where CDKN2A appears

  • animal disease
  • biological_process
  • cancer or benign tumor
  • cardiovascular disease
  • disorder of ear
  • disorder of visual system
  • endocrine system disease
  • gastrointestinal disease
  • genetic, familial or congenital disease
  • hematologic disease
  • immune system disease
  • infectious disease
  • injury, poisoning or other complication
  • integumentary system disease
  • measurement
  • medical procedure
  • musculoskeletal or connective tissue disease
  • nervous system disease
  • nutritional or metabolic disease
  • phenotype
  • pregnancy or perinatal disease
  • reproductive system or breast disease
  • respiratory or thoracic disease
  • urinary system disease

1,700 diseases touched.

Not on this page

Checked, with nothing recorded for this biomarker: fda companion diagnostic assertions and fda biomarker qualification projects.

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