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24 Cards in this Set
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SIS
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Proto-oncogene that function in growth factor synthesis; overexpression mutation
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Cancers associated with SIS mutation
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osteogenic sarcoma or astrocytoma
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HER(ERB-B2)
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Proto-oncogene that functions in receptor synthesis; amplification mutation
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HER/ERB-B2 mutation causes what cancer
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Breat carcinoma
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RET
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Proto-oncogene that functions in receptor synthesis; point mutation
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Cancer associated with RET mutation
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MEN IIa/IIb
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RAS
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Proto-oncogene that functions in GTP-signal transduction; point mutation
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Cancers associated with RAS mutation
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Leukemia, lung, colon, pancreatic carcinomas
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ABL
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Proto-oncogene that functions in nonreceptor tyrosine kinase activity; translocation mutation t(9;22)
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Cancer associated with ABL mutation
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CML (philadelphia chromosome)
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MYC
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Proto-oncogene that functions in nuclear transcription; translocation t(8;14)
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Cancer associated with MYC mutation
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Burkitt's Lymphoma
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N-MYC
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Proto-oncogene that functions in nuclear transcription; amplification mutation
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Cancer associated with N-MYC mutation
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Neuroblastoma
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APC
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Tumor Suppressor Gene that functions to prevent nuclear transcription (degrades catenin)
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Cancer associated with APC
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Familial Polyposis (colorectal cancer)
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BRCA-1/BRCA-2
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TSG that regulates DNA repair; associated with breat, ovarian, and prostate carcinoma
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RB
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TSG that inhibits G1 to S phase; associated with retinoblastoma, osteogenic sarcoma, and breast carcinoma
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TGF-beta
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TSG that inhibits G1 to S phase; associated with pancreatic and colorectal carcinomas
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p53
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TSG that inhibits G1 to S phase and also repairs DNA, activates BAX gene, and initiates apoptosis
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Cancers associated with p53
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Lung, colon, breast carcinomas, Li-Fraumeni syndrome (breast, brain, leukemia, sarcomas)
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VHL
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TSG that regulates nuclear transcription; associated with Von Hippel Lindau sydrome (cerebellar hemangiosarcoma, retinal angioma, renal adenocarcinoma, and pheochromocytoma)
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WT1
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TSG that regulates nuclear transcription; associated with Wilm's tumor
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Mechanism of action for mutations of tumor suppressor genes
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point mutation
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