Multiple choice

Mutation in the RET oncogene is associated with increased risk of

  1. medullary thyroid cancer

  2. adenocarcinoma

  3. prostate cancer

  4. the PNET cancers

  5. endometrial cancer

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Explanation

RET mutation is responsible for increased risk of medullary thyroid cancer, as well as multiple endocrine neoplasia 2, in which pheochromocytoma and parathyroid adenoma also occur.