Oncogen

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Question 2

Gene: ALK

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Gene Product: Receptor tyrosine kinase
Associated Neoplasm: Lung adenocarcinoma

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Gene: EGFR (ERBB1)

Answer 3

Gene Product: Receptor tyrosine kinase
Associated Neoplasm: Lung adenocarcinoma

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Gene: HER2 (ERBB2)

Answer 4

Gene Product: Receptor tyrosine kinase
Associated Neoplasm: Breast and gastric carcinomas

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Gene: RET

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Gene Product: Receptor tyrosine kinase
Associated Neoplasm: MEN2A and 2B, medullary and papillary thyroid carcinoma, pheochromocytoma

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Gene: BCR-ABL

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Gene Product: Non-receptor tyrosine kinase
Associated Neoplasm: CML, ALL

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Gene: JAK2

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Gene Product: Non-receptor tyrosine kinase
Associated Neoplasm: Myeloproliferative neoplasms

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Gene: BRAF

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Gene Product: Serine/threonine kinase
Associated Neoplasm: Melanoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, colorectal carcinoma, papillary thyroid carcinoma, hairy cell leukemia

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Gene: c-KIT

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Gene Product: Cytokine receptor (CD117)
Associated Neoplasm: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), mastocytosis

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Gene: MYCC (c-myc)

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Gene Product: Transcription factor
Associated Neoplasm: Burkitt lymphoma

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Gene: MYCN (N-myc)

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Gene Product: Transcription factor
Associated Neoplasm: Neuroblastoma

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Gene: KRAS

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Gene Product: RAS GTPase
Associated Neoplasm: Pancreatic, colorectal, lung, endometrial cancers

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Gene: BCL-2

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Gene Product: Antiapoptotic molecule (inhibits apoptosis)
Associated Neoplasm: Follicular and diffuse large B-Cell lymphomas

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Gene: APC

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Gene Product: Negative regulator of β-catenin/WNT pathway
Associated Condition: Colorectal cancer (associated with FAP)

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Gene: BRCA1/BRCA2

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Gene Product: BRCA1/BRCA2 proteins
Associated Condition: Breast, ovarian, prostate, pancreatic cancers

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Gene: CDKN2A

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Gene Product: p16, blocks G₁ → S phase
Associated Condition: Many cancers (e.g., melanoma, lung, pancreatic)

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Gene: DCC

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Gene Product: Deleted in Colorectal Cancer
Associated Condition: Colorectal cancer

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Gene: SMAD4 (DPC4)

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Gene Product: Deleted in Pancreatic Cancer
Associated Condition: Pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer

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Gene: MEN1

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Gene Product: Menin
Associated Condition: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1

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Gene: NF1

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Gene Product: Neurofibromin (Ras GTPase activating protein)
Associated Condition: Neurofibromatosis type 1

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Gene: NF2

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Gene Product: Merlin (schwannomin) protein
Associated Condition: Neurofibromatosis type 2

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Gene: PTEN

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Gene Product: Negative regulator of PI3k/AKT pathway
Associated Condition: Prostate, breast, and endometrial cancers

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Gene: RB1

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Gene Product: Inhibits E2F; blocks G₁ → S phase
Associated Condition: Retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma (bone cancer)

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Gene: TP53

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Gene Product: p53, activates p21, blocks G₁ → S phase
Associated Condition: Most cancers, Li-Fraumeni (SBLA) syndrome (multiple malignancies at early age; Sarcoma, Breast/Brain, Lung/Leukemia, Adrenal gland)

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Gene: TSC1

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Gene Product: Hamartin protein
Associated Condition: Tuberous sclerosis complex

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Gene: TSC2

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Gene Product: Tuberin (Zberin)
Associated Condition: Tuberous sclerosis complex

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Gene: VHL

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Gene Product: Inhibits hypoxia-inducible factor 1a
Associated Condition: von Hippel-Lindau disease

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Gene: WT1

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Gene Product: Urogenital development transcription factor
Associated Condition: Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma)