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Cancer genes
Oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes
Gene | Type | Chromosome | Associated tumor |
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bcl-2 | Oncogene | Follicular and undifferentiated lymphomas (inhibits apoptosis) | |
erb-B2 | Oncogene | Breast, ovarian and gastric carcinoma | |
ras | Oncogene | Colon carcinoma | |
L-myc | Oncogene | Lung cancer | |
N-myc | Oncogene | Neuroblastoma | |
ret | Oncogene | Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type II and III | |
c-kit | Oncogene | Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) | |
Rb | tumor suppressor gene | 13q | Retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma |
BRCA1 | tumor suppressor gene | 17q | Breast and ovarian cancer |
BRCA2 | tumor suppressor gene | 13q | Breast cancer |
p53 | tumor suppressor gene | 17p | Most human cancers, Li-Fraumeni syndrome |
p16 | tumor suppressor gene | 9p | Melanoma (melanoma is on Nine) |
APC | tumor suppressor gene | 5q | Colorectal cancer (associated with FAP) |
WT1 | tumor suppressor gene | 11p | Wilm's tumor |
NF1 | tumor suppressor gene | 17q | Neurofibromatosis type 1 |
NF2 | tumor suppressor gene | 22q | Neurofibromatosis type 2 |
DPC | tumor suppressor gene | 18q | Pancreatic cancer (deleted pancreatic cancer) |
DCC | tumor suppressor gene | 18q | Colon cancer. DCC (deleted in colon cancer) |
abl | Oncogene | CML | |
c-myc | Oncogene | Burkitt's lymphoma |