(3) The initiation and promotion stages of chemically-induced carcinogenesis are described in flatworms and underlying cancer and regeneration-related genes and signaling pathways were identified e.g. PTEN, FOXO, caspases, cyclins, (PI3K)-Akt pathway, RAS pathway, p53 pathway, MAPK pathway19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 (cancer and regeneration share underlying molecular events18). This evidence concerns the gene PTEN and cancer.