MYC and leukemia: Of note, the CGR had a size of 9.5Mb and comprised few genes, including MYC as the most probable candidate gene, which has been shown to be deregulated and amplified in several types of leukemias and lymphomas.[12], [13] The second most recurrent abnormality was del(7q), which appeared in association with dup(8q24), both common CNA in myeloid neoplasms.