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Neoplasia Flashcards

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Cancer associated with aniline dye

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Bladder cancer

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Cancer associated with benzene

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AML

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Cancer associated with arsenic

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Skin and lung cancers

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Cancer associated with vinyl chloride

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Hepatic angiosarcoma

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Cancer associated with aflatoxins

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Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Cancers associated with HPV

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Female - squamous cell carcinoma of cervix

Male - anogenital squamous papilloma

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Cancers associated with EBV

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Burkitt lymphoma
Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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Cancer associated with HBV

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Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Cancers associated with ionizing radiation

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Leukemias - AML and CML
Papillary thyroid cancer
Osteosarcoma
Liver angiosarcoma

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Cancers associated with immunodeficiency

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Kaposi sarcoma
B-cell lymphoma
Cervical cancer (F)
Anal cancer (M)

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Cancer associated with leukoplakia lesion

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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Chronic inflammatory states that can cause adenocarcinoma

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Barrett esophagus
Chronic gastritis

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Cancer related to schistosomiasis

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Bladder cancer

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Cancer related to Sjogren and Hashimoto

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MALT lymphoma

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Autosomal recessive heritable cancer syndromes

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Ataxia telangiectasia
Fanconi anemia

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Autosomal dominant heritable cancer syndromes

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HNPCC
BRCA
Neurofibromatosis type I
RB
MEN2a
FAP
VHL
Li-Fraumeni syndrome

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Gene associated with FAP

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APC

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Gene associated with Li-Fraumeni syndrome

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TP53

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Gene associated with MEN2a

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RET

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Cancer associated with nitrosamines

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Intestinal type gastric carcinoma

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Key carcinogen in cigarette smoke

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polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

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Cancer associated with naphthylamine

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Transitional cell carcinoma

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Cancer causing mechanism of UV radiation

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Forms pyrimidine dimers
Distorts DNA helix

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Part of cell cycle effected by ionizing radiation

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Transition from G2 to M

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Cancers associated with HTLV-1

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Adult T-leukemia and lymphoma

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Genes associated with HTLV-1 related cancer

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Tax and HBZ

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27
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Genes associated with HPV related cancer

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E6 and E7

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Function of E6 in HPV related cancer

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Binds to p53 causing ubiquitination
Degradation of p53 results in unregulated cell growth

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Function of E7 in HPV related cancer

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Binds to pRB, displacing E2F
Results in unregulated cell growth

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Gene associated with EBV related cancer

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LMP-1

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Cancer associated with HHV-8

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Kaposi syndrome

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Cancers associated with H pylori

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Gastric cancer
MALToma

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33
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Gene associated with H pylori related cancer

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CagA

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34
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Most common malignancies associated with weight loss

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GI
Lung
Lymphoma

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35
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Likely role of TNF-alpha in cancer cachexia

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Suppress appetite and increase BMR

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Cancer most likely to be associated with paraneoplastic syndromes

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SCLC

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37
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Paraneoplastic syndromes associated with SCLC

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Cushing syndrome
SIADH
Lambert-Eaton
Cerebellar degeneration

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38
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Cancers associated with hypercalcemia paraneoplastically

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Squamous cell carcinoma of lung

Breast and ovarian carcinoma

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Cancers associated with polycythemia paraneoplastically

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Renal cell carcinoma
Cerebellar hemangioblastoma
Pheochromocytoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Paraneoplastic syndromes associated with thymoma

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Pure red cell aplasia
Myasthenia gravis

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Cancer associated with Trousseau syndrome paraneoplastically

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Pancreatic cancer

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Cancer associated with acanthosis nigricans

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Gastric adenocarcinoma

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Cancer associated with Leser-Trelat sign

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GI adenocarcinomas

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Cancer associated with dermatomyositis paraneoplastically

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Bronchogenic carcinoma

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Cancer associated with hypertrophic osteoarthopathy paraneoplastically

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Adenocarcinoma of lung

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Single most important prognostic factor

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Metastasis in TNM staging

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Intermediate filament related to carcinoma

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Cytokeratin

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Intermediate filament related to sarcoma

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Intermediate filament related to rhabdomyosarcoma and uterine leiomyoma

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Intermediate filament related to pheochromocytoma and neuroblastoma

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Neurofilament

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Intermediate filament related to astrocytoma and ependymoma

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Glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP)

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Tumor marker beta-HCG

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Choriocarcinoma
Germ cell tumors

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Tumor marker calcitonin

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Medullary thyroid carcinoma

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Tumor marker catecholamines

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Pheochromocytoma

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Tumor marker chromogranin

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Neuroendocrine

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Tumor marker alpha-fetoprotein

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Liver cancer
Germ cell tumors

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Tumor marker calretinin

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Mesothelioma

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Tumor marker carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)

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Colorectal cancer

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Tumor marker immunoglobulins

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Multiple myeloma
Other gammopathies

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Tumor marker CA-125

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Ovarian cancer

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Tumor marker CA19-9

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Pancreatic cancer

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Tumor marker CA15-3

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Breast cancer

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Cancer associated with RET oncogene

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Sporadic medullary carcinoma of thyroid

MEN-2A and -2B

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Cancer and mutation associated with ABL oncogene

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Chronic myeloid leukemia

t(9;22) - ABL-BCR

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Cancer and mutation associated with C-MYC oncogene

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Burkitt lymphoma

t(8;14) involving IgH

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Cancer and mutation associated with CCND1 oncogene

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Mental cell lymphoma

t(11;14) involving IgH

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Cancer involving ERBB2 (HER2) oncogene

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Breast carcinoma

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Tumor suppressor protein that inhibits RAS

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Tumor suppressor protein that inhibits AKT/PKB

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Most common neoplasms associated with pRB mutation

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Retinoblastoma
Osteosarcoma

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Most frequently mutated gene in human cancers

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Key initiators of p53 activation following DNA damage

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ATM and ATR

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Promotes MDM2 degradation and p53 stabilization

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DNA damage

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Downregulates WNT signaling pathway

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Cancer associated with loss-of-function mutation in E-cadherin

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Infiltrating lobular carcinoma of breast

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E-cadherin gene

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Cancer syndrome associated with RB1/Ch13 gene

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Familial retinoblastoma

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Cancer syndrome associated with TP53/Ch17q gene

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Li-Fraumeni syndrome

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Cancer syndrome associated with p16/INK4a gene

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Familial melanoma
Familial pancreatic carcinoma

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Cancer syndrome associated with APC/Ch5q gene

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Cancer syndrome associated with BRCA 1 and 2 genes

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Familial breast and ovarian cancers

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Function of protein affected in BRCA mutation

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Repair double stranded breaks in DNA

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Cancer syndrome associated with NF1/Ch17[ gene

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Neurofibromatosis type 1

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Cancer syndrome associated with NF2/Ch22 gene

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Neurofibromatosis type II

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Cancer syndrome associated with VHL/Ch3

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Von-Hippel Lindau syndrome

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Cancer syndrome associated with WT1/Ch11 gene

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Familial Wilms tumor

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Cancer syndrome associated with MSH-2 and-6/MLH1

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Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (Lynch syndrome)

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Result of defect in the nucleotide excision repair to replace pyrimidine dimers resulting from UVB

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Xeroderma pigmentosa

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Result of defect in ATM gene encoding a kinase that activates p53

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Ataxia telangiectasia

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Chromosomal translocation and gene associated with follicular lymphoma

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t(14;18)
BCL2

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Chromosomal translocation and gene associated with Burkitt lymphoma

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t(8;14)
C-MYC

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Chromosomal translocation and gene associated with DLBC lymphoma

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t(3;14)
BCL6

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Chromosomal translocation and gene associated with mental cell lymphoma

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t(11;14)
CCND1

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Chromosomal translocation and gene associated with CML

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t(9;22)
BCR-ABL

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Chromosomal translocation and gene associated with acute promyelocytic leukemia

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t(15;17)
RARA-PML

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Chromosomal translocation and gene associated with Ewing sarcoma

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t(11;22)
EWS-FLI1

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