Table 1.

Diseases of Genomic Instability

DiseaseDamaging AgentNeoplasmFunction
 
FA Cross-linking agents Acute myeloblastic leukemia, hepatic, gastrointestinal, and gynecological tumors Unknown 
XP UV light Squamous cell carcinomas Excision repair 
AT Ionizing radiation Lymphoma Afferent pathway to p53 
Bloom's syndrome Alkylating agents Acute lymphoblastic leukemia Cell-cycle regulation 
Cockayne's syndrome UV light Basal cell carcinoma Transcription coupled repair 
Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) Unknown Adenocarcinoma of colon, ovarian cancer DNA mismatch repair 
DiseaseDamaging AgentNeoplasmFunction
 
FA Cross-linking agents Acute myeloblastic leukemia, hepatic, gastrointestinal, and gynecological tumors Unknown 
XP UV light Squamous cell carcinomas Excision repair 
AT Ionizing radiation Lymphoma Afferent pathway to p53 
Bloom's syndrome Alkylating agents Acute lymphoblastic leukemia Cell-cycle regulation 
Cockayne's syndrome UV light Basal cell carcinoma Transcription coupled repair 
Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) Unknown Adenocarcinoma of colon, ovarian cancer DNA mismatch repair 

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