carcinogens and their cancers

Question 1

aflatoxins

Answer 1

hepatocellular carcinoma - from aspergillus (rice and grains)

Question 2

alkylating agents

Answer 2

leukemia lymphoma

Question 3

alcohol

Answer 3

squamous cell carcinoma or oropharynx and upper esophagus and hepatocellular carcinoma

Question 4

arsenic

Answer 4

squamous cell carcinoma of skin, lung cancer and angiosarcoma of the liver

Question 5

asbestos

Answer 5

lung carcinoma and mesothelioma

Question 6

cigarette smoke

Answer 6

carcinoma of oropharynx, esophagus, lung, kidney, bladder and pancreas

Question 7

nitrosamines

Answer 7

stomach carcinoma ( smoked foods - japan)

Question 8

naphthylamine

Answer 8

urothelial carcinoma of bladder ( from cig smoke)

Question 9

vinyl chloride

Answer 9

angiosarcoma of liver ( pVC pipes)

Question 10

nickle, chromium, beryllium, silica

Answer 10

lung carcinoma

Question 11

EBV

Answer 11

nasopharyngeal carcinoma, burkitts, cns lymphoma in AIDS

Question 12

HHV-8

Answer 12

kaposi sarcoma

Question 13

HBV and HCV

Answer 13

hepatocellular carcinoma

Question 14

HTLV-1

Answer 14

adult t cell leukemia/ lymphoma

Question 15

high risk HPV (16, 18,31,33)

Answer 15

squamous cell carcinoma of vulva, vagina, anus, cervix and adenocarcinoma of cervix

Question 16

ionizing radiation

Answer 16

AML, CML, papillary carcinoma of the thyroid ( bc hydroxyl free radicals)

Question 17

nonionizing radiation ( UVB )

Answer 17

basal cell carcinoma , squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma of the skin ( pyrimidine dimers - normally excised by restriction endonuclease)