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Neoplasia Flashcards

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NF1(GAP)

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Chr. 17 causes Neurofibroma, fibrosarcomas, café au lait spot, hamartomas

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NF2(Merlin’s Gene)

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Chr. 22 causes bilateral Schwannomas, meningioma

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TGF-BETA

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Pancreatic and colon

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APC (Adenomatous Polyposis Coli)

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Chr. 5 causes Colon, pancreas, esophagous, stomach, lung

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VHL

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Chr. 3 causes Pheochromocytoma, hereditary renal cell cancer, renal cysts, hemangioblastoma, retinal angiomas

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PTEN

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Chr. 10 causes Thyroid, breast, endometrial cancer, prostate cancer

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WT1

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Chr. 11 causes Wilm’s tumor (most common renal cancer in children)

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DPC4

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Pancreatic adenocarcinomas

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DCC

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Colorectal cancer

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INK4A/ARF

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Familial melanoma, sporadic pancreatic adenocarcinoma, squamous CC of esophagous

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BCL2

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T(14:18) Follicular B-cell lymphoma

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ATM

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Malignant lymphoma - Ataxia telengectasia

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BRCA1

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Chr. 17 causes Breast, ovary, prostate, colon

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BRCA2

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Chr.13 causes Breast cancer

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RB

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Chr. 13 causes Retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma, breast cancer

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P53

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Chr. 17 causes Li-Fraumeni syndrome

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CDK4 Amplification

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Melanoma, Glioblastoma, sarcoma

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CYCLIN E

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Breast Cancer

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CYCLIN D Amplification

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Breast and esophagus

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CYCLIN D TRANSLOCATION

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T(11,14) mantle cell cancer

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L-MYC

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(SCC?) of lungs

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N-MYC

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Neuroblastoma, small cell ca. of lungs

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C-MYC

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Burkitt’s lymphoma T(8:14)

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Beta CATENIN

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Degraded by APC and leads to Hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatoblastoma

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BRAF

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Upon pt mutation leads to melanoma

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ABL - tyrosine kinase

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T(9:22) Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (AML) and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)

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N-RAS

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Melanomas, haematological malignancies

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K-RAS

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Colon, pancreas, lungs

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H-RAS

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Bladder and kidney cancer

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PDGF-R

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Overexpression leads to Gliomas

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KIT

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Receptor for stem cell factor and upon pt mutation leads to Gastrointestinal stromal carcinoma and seminomas

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RET

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Receptor for neurotrophic factor and upon pt mutation Multiple endocrine neoplasia 2A and B, Familial Medullary thyroid carcinoma

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FMS

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CSF-1 receptor and upon pt mutation leads to Leukemia

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ERB-B2

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Breast and ovarian cancer

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ERB-B1

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SCC of lungs and gliomas

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EGF

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(TGF-alfa) overexpression leads to hepatocellular carcinoma, astrocytoma

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SIS

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Overexpression leads to Astrocytoma, osteosarcoma

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Exonuclease (Mismatch Repair)

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Hereditary Nonpolyposis Cancer Syndrome

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Bcl-2

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Translocation t(14:18) Follicular Lymphoma (B Cell Lymphoma)

40
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Endonuclease

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Xeroderma pigmentosum

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