Retroviral Infections: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis Note: A retrovirus is an RNA virus that uses reverse transcriptase to synthesize DNA from the RNA before incorporating the new DNA into the host cell genome. Examples of retrovirus-associated cancers: • Rous sarcoma virus (Sarcomas); • HIV (Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and others); • Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (Adult T-cell lymphoma/leukemia) #Retroviral #oncogenesis #pathophysiology #immunology #oncology
