The Biology Project: Cell Biology

Cancer Tutorial

Problem 1: Colon Cancer

In colon cancers, normal cells first proliferate to form intestinal polyps (nodules) and ultimately progress to metastatic carcinoma. Each step in the progression is accompanied by changes in either oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes. These results are interpreted to mean:

tumor suppressor genes alone are sufficient for the conversion to a cancer cell.
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