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Oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes

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Gene
Type
Chromosome
Associated tumor
show Oncogene     Follicular and undifferentiated lymphomas (inhibits apoptosis)  
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erb-B2   show   Breast, ovarian and gastric carcinoma  
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ras   Oncogene   show Colon carcinoma  
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L-myc   Oncogene   show Lung cancer  
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N-myc   Oncogene     show
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ret   Oncogene     show
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c-kit   Oncogene     show
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Rb   tumor suppressor gene   13q   show
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BRCA1   tumor suppressor gene   show Breast and ovarian cancer  
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BRCA2   tumor suppressor gene   show Breast cancer  
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p53   tumor suppressor gene   17p   show
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show tumor suppressor gene   9p   Melanoma (melanoma is on Nine)  
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show tumor suppressor gene   5q   Colorectal cancer (associated with FAP)  
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WT1   tumor suppressor gene   11p   show
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NF1   show 17q   Neurofibromatosis type 1  
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NF2   tumor suppressor gene   22q   show
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DPC   show 18q   Pancreatic cancer (deleted pancreatic cancer)  
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DCC   show 18q   Colon cancer. DCC (deleted in colon cancer)  
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abl   Oncogene     show
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c-myc   Oncogene   show Burkitt's lymphoma  
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