Gene
KMT2B
lysine methyltransferase 2B
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Curated evidence
Clinical evidence (2)
CIViC items involving this gene, grouped by molecular profile and therapy, with native levels and directions. 50 items per page.
- Source
- CIViC — Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer
- Dataset
- CIViC evidence items
- Version
- civic-2026-09-08
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Evidence
- expert curation
- License
- CC0 1.0
- PMID
- 33653367
- Run
- ING-CIVIC-20260908-000001
| Therapy | Cancer | Type | Level | Direction · significance | Rating (1–5) | Status | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMT2A Mutation + KMT2B Mutation + KMT2C Mutation + KMT2D mutationKMT2CKMT2DKMT2AKMT2B2 | ||||||||
| Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor | Melanoma | Predictive | B | Supports Sensitivity Response | 2 | submitted | EID12592In a retrospective pan-cancer analysis of four immune checkpoint therapy (ICT)–treated cohorts (melanoma n = 287; NSCLC n = 131; total n = 418), KMT2 family mutations were associated with improved ICT… (full text at CIViC) PMID 33653367 · Zhang et al., 2021 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | Lung Non-Small Cell CarcinomaCURATED_BROADER | Predictive | B | Supports Sensitivity Response | 2 | |||
Cohorts
Alteration frequency by cohort (150)
Frequency = cases affected / cases profiled within one cohort. Cohorts are never pooled.
- Source
- cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics (public studies)
- Dataset
- cBioPortal mutated genes by study
- Version
- cbioportal-2026-09-01
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Evidence
- cohort
- License
- ODC Open Database License (ODC-ODbL) unless otherwise noted per study; attribution to the original studies required
- PMID
- 35849120
- Run
- ING-CBIOPORTAL-20260908-000001
| Cohort | Mapped cancer | Alteration | Affected (n) | Profiled (n) | Frequency (%) | Rank in cohort | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endometrial Carcinoma MSI (MSK, Clin Cancer Res 2022) ucec_ccr_msk_2022 | Endometrial Carcinoma | Ssm |
Literature
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