The phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase (PI3K)-Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog (PTEN) pathway is an oncogenic signaling network that is deregulated in CRC by aberrant activation of the prooncogenic gene PI3K or through loss of function of the tumor suppressor PTEN (43). The gene discussed is PTEN; the disease is colorectal carcinoma.