In contrast to the osteogenic sarcoma model, re-activating c-Myc in islet tumours does not lead to accelerated β-cell apoptosis, but rather restores the oncogenic properties of c-Myc, rapidly re-initiating β-cell proliferation, loss of differentiation, loss of E-cadherin, local invasion and angiogenesis. This evidence concerns the gene MYC and sarcoma.