Carcinogen

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 More General Terms 4 References

More Specific Terms

• 3-hydroxyanthranilate
• benzene
• benzo[a]anthracene
• benzo[a]pyrene
• benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-diol
• benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-diol-9,10-epoxide
• thioacetamide

Introduction

• An agent directly involved in the promotion of cancer

• pharmaceutical agents

• alkylating agents

• acute myelocytic leukemia, bladder cancer

• immunosuppressive agents

• azathioprine

• lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)

• cyclosporine

• lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)

• corticosteroids

• non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

• nitrogen mustard gas

• lung cancer, head & neck cancer, nasal sinus cancer

• androgens

• prostate cancer

• estrogens

• endometrial cancer, liver cancer

• diethylstibesterol ( prenatal)

• vaginal cancer ( clear cell carcinoma)

• phenacetin

• cancer of the renal pelvis & bladder cancer

• industrial chemicals/materials

• aromatic amines

• bladder cancer

• arsenic

• lung cancer, skin cancer

• asbestos

• cancer of the lung, pleura & peritoneum

• benzene

• acute myelocytic leukemia

• chromium

• lung cancer

• nickel dust

• cancer of the lung, nasal sinuses

• vinyl chloride

• liver cancer ( angiosarcoma)

• organisms

• Helicobacter pylori

• gastric cancer

• viruses

• hepatitis B

• liver cancer

• hepatitis C

• liver cancer

• HIV

• lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's), Kaposi's sarcoma, squamous cell carcinoma

• HTLV-1

• adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma

• Epstein-Barr virus

• Burkitt's lymphoma, nasal T-cell lymphoma

• Schistosoma

• bladder cancer (squamous cell)

• smoke byproducts

• polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

• benzo[a]anthracene

• lung cancer, skin cancer

• benzo[a]pyrene

• lung cancer, skin cancer

• tobacco

• cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract, lung cancer (squamous cell & small cell), bladder cancer

• ultraviolet light

• skin cancer (squamous cell & melanoma)

• ethanol

• cancer of the liver, esophagus, head & neck

• metabolites

• 3-hydroxyanthranilate

• miscellaneous

• thioacetamide

More General Terms

• bioagent

References

1. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 501
2. Grosse Y et al WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer Monograph Working Group. A review of human carcinogens-Part A: pharmaceuticals. Lancet Oncol. 2009 Jan;10(1):13-4. No abstract available. PMID: [1]
   - Bouvard V et al WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer Monograph Working Group. A review of human carcinogens--Part B: biological agents. Lancet Oncol. 2009 Apr;10(4):321-2. No abstract available. PMID: &dopt=Abstract
   - Straif K et al WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer Monograph Working Group. A review of human carcinogens--part C: metals, arsenic, dusts, and fibres. Lancet Oncol. 2009 May;10(5):453-4. No abstract available. PMID: &dopt=Abstract
   - El Ghissassi F et al WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer Monograph Working Group. A review of human carcinogens - Part D: Radiation. Lancet Oncol 2009 Aug; 10:751. PMID: [2]

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