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 | 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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