Question #1
Which of the following genetic mutations is seen with chronic myelogenous leukemia?
Answer:
Translocation of chromosome 9 and 22. This new chromosome 22 is called “Philadelphia chromosome” after the city where the two hospitals that first identified the gene mutation in 1960 were both located.
Question #2
Which of the following cancer markers are classically associated with ovarian cancer?
Answer:
CA-125