Some Tumor Suppressor Genes

 
Tumor
Suppressor  
Normal Function Alteration in Cancer Associated Cancers
p53 Cell cycle checkpoints,
  apoptosis
  Mutation, inactivation by viral
  oncogene products
  Brain, lung, colorectal,
  breast, many types
RB1 Cell cycle checkpoints, binds
  E2F
  Mutation, deletion, inactivation
  by viral oncogene products
  Retinoblastoma,
  osteosarcoma, many types
APC Cell-cell interaction  Mutation  Colorectal cancers, brain, thyroid
Bcl2 Apoptosis regulation  Overexpression blocks apoptosis  Lymphomas, leukemias
XPA-XPG Nucleotide excision repair  Mutation  Xeroderma pigmentosum,
  skin cancers
BRCA2 DNA repair  Point mutations  Breast, ovarian, prostate
  cancers