Genes and Cancer (familial also)

Question 1

What genes and genetic changes can cause cancer?

Answer 1

Oncogenes; TSGs; Genes involved in regulating apoptosis; epigenetic chnages; DNA repair genes; non-coding RNA

Question 2

What do oncogenes often code?

Answer 2

Growth factors, GFRs, nuclear transcriptional factors.

Involved in signal transmission