# What is Oncogene?

A gene that can drive cancer growth when mutated or overexpressed. Driver oncogenes are priority drug targets.

## In real work

The team mapped which oncogene was driving the pancreatic tumor before picking a RAS inhibitor trial.

## Related terms

- [NGS](https://prompthausapp.com/learn/ngs.md)
- [Variant Calling](https://prompthausapp.com/learn/variant-calling.md)
- [Allele Frequency](https://prompthausapp.com/learn/allele-frequency.md)
- [Somatic Mutation](https://prompthausapp.com/learn/somatic-mutation.md)
- [Biomarker](https://prompthausapp.com/learn/biomarker.md)

## How is this different from Googling it?

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