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The activation of p53 by DNA damage or oncogenes such as ras results in either growth arrest or apoptosis of the affected cell.
There were oncogenes and there were tumour suppressor genes.
The expression of oncogenes such as ras in untransformed cells stimulates transcription of the p14 Arfgene [ 2].
Numerous reports have described the correlation between amplification of oncogenes and its impact on the course of breast cancer disease [ 4 5 6 7 ] , [ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 ] . In a meta-analysis in which 29 studies were evaluated [ 33 ] , c- myc amplification exhibited significant but weak associations with tumour grade, lymph node metastasis, negative progesterone receptor status and postmenopausal status.
7% of breast cancers, without consideration of nodal status; coamplification of those oncogenes was present in 7%.