Important Cancer Markers Flashcards by joie Evans

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What is the normal function of BRCA1/2

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DNA repair genes

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What is the normal function of APC/beta-catenin

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Want signaling pathway

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What is the normal function of TP53

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Genomic stability

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What is the normal function of RB

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Gi/S transition inhibitor

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What is the normal function of WT1

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Urogenital differentiation

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What is the normal function of VHL

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Ubiquitin ligase component

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What is the normal function of RAS

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GTP-binding protein

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What is the normal function of MYC

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Transcription factor

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What is the normal function of ERBB1 (EGFR)

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Receptor tyrosine kinase

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What is the normal function of ERBB2 (HER2)

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Receptor tyrosine kinase

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What is the normal function of ABL

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Nonreceptor tyrosine kinase

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What is the normal function of BRAF

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Ras signal transduction

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What can mutations of RAS cause

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Cholangiocarcinoma, pancreatic adenocarcinoma

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What can mutations of MYC cause

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Burkitt lymphoma

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What can mutations of ERBB1 (EGFR) cause

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Lung adenocarcinoma

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What can mutations of ERBB2 (HER2) cause

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Breast cancer

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What can mutations of ABL cause

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Chronic myelogenous leukemia

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What can mutations of BRAF cause

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Hairy cell leukemia, melanoma

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What can mutations of VHL cause

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Renal cell carcinoma, von-hippel-Lindau syndrome

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What can mutations of WT1 cause

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Wilms tumor

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What can mutations of Rb cause

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Retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma

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What can mutations of TP53 cause

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Most cancers, Li-fraumeni syndrome

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What can mutations of APC/beta-catenin cause

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Colon, gastric and pancreatic cancer; familial adenomatous polyposis

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What can mutations of BRCA1/2 cause

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Breast and ovaria cancer