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Oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes

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