Agent

Cancer Type

Benzo [a]-pyrene (Tobacco)

Lung

Alcohol

Mouth, Pharynx, Larynx, Espohagus

Dietary Fat

Breast

Asbestos

Respiratory-tract, Pleural and Peritoneal Mesothelioma

Fermented Foods

Stomach

Estrogens

Endometrial, Ovarian, Breast

UV Light

Skin

X-Radiation and
Gamma Radiation

Leukemia, Thyroid, Breast, Lung, Mouth, Stomach,Colon, Bladder, Ovarian, Skin, Central Nervous System

Tamoxifen

Endometrial

In-Utero Diethylstilbestrol

Childhood Cancer

Transabdominal Radiation

Childhood Cancer

Aflatoxin

Liver

Soot, Coal (Chimney Sweeping)

Scrotal

Nickel (Nickel Refining)

Lung, Nasal

Wood Dust (Woodworking)

Nasal

Cr(VI) (Leatherworking)

Lung

Mustard Gas

Respiratory-tract, Lung

2-napthylamine

Bladder

HPV

Cervical, Oral, Pharyngeal, Vaginal, Vulvar, Head/Neck, Scrotal, Anal(1)

H. pylori

Stomach

EBV

B-cell Lymphoma, Nasal, Pharyngeal, Stomach

Herpes Viruses

Kaposi’s Sarcoma

Polyomaviruses (ex. JCV)

Brain

HTLV-1

T-cell Leukemia

Hepatitis B and C

Liver

 

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