Diagnostic utility of oncogenes and their products in human cancer.

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The first clear cut association of an oncogene with a specific cancer is the c-abl translocation in chronic myelogenous leukemia and acute lymphocytic leukemia; it has been observed in 90% of CML cases examined. This is the major contributing factor to its being the target of the first oncogene-based FDA-approved diagnostic test. Although the role of the abl translocation in the tumorigenic process is not yet...

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