Cancer and Gene Regulation

Review Questions

Cancer causing genes are called ________.

  1. transformation genes
  2. tumor suppressor genes
  3. oncogenes
  4. mutated genes

Hint:

C

Targeted therapies are used in patients with a set gene expression pattern. A targeted therapy that prevents the activation of the estrogen receptor in breast cancer would be beneficial to which type of patient?

  1. patients who express the EGFR receptor in normal cells
  2. patients with a mutation that inactivates the estrogen receptor
  3. patients with lots of the estrogen receptor expressed in their tumor
  4. patients that have no estrogen receptor expressed in their tumor

Hint:

C