Network of Cancer Genes

Network of Cancer Genes is a web resource on systems-level properties of cancer genes and oncomiRs.

Contents

• Cancer Types
• Old Versions
• References

NCG reports information on duplicability, orthology, evolutionary appearance, interactions, function, expression of a manually curated list of 1,571 protein-coding cancer genes. Cancer genes are genes with a driver role in the onset of human cancer upon mutations of their sequence and/or amplifications of their genomic locus. The list of cancer genes is derived from the union of the Cancer Gene Census (known cancer genes) and from the results of 77 whole genome or whole exome cancer-resequencing screenings (candidate cancer genes). In addition, the database also annotates possible false positives, defined as candidate cancer genes whose association with cancer is likely to be spurious. NCG is also available as a smart phone application for Android.