Review
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng.
World J Transplant. Oct 24, 2012; 2(5): 74-83
Published online Oct 24, 2012. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v2.i5.74
Table 1 Cancer risk vs general population
Increased5 foldLittle/no increase
SkinBreast
VulvovaginalProstate
Cervix/uterusTesticular
LymphomaOvarian
LiverLung
Kidney/BladderColon
Table 2 Viruses linked to malignancies
VirusMalignancy
EBVLymphoma (PTLD)
HHV-8Kaposi’s sarcoma
HPVCervical, vulvar cancer
HPV-58Bowen disease
HPV 8, 19Non melanoma skin cancer
HPV 16, 20Skin and tonsillar carcinoma
HCV, HBVHepatocellular carcinoma
Table 3 Mammalian target of rapamycin linked pathway deregulations in selected cancers
LungEGFR32-60
p-AKT23-50
Ras30
PTEN24
HER25
PI3K4
KidneyTGF-α/TGF-β160-100
VHL30-50
IGF-1/IGF-1R39-69
p-AKT38
PTEN31
TSC1/TSC2
Breastp-Akt42
PTEN15-41
HER230-36
PI3K18-26
EGFR6
NETTSC1/TSC2
IGF-1/IGF-1R
VHL
ColonRas50
p-Akt46
PTEN35
PI3K20-32
EGFR8
HER23