Carcinogens

Question 1

Aflatoxins cause what cancer

Answer 1

hepatocellular carcinoma

Question 2

Alkylating agents cause what cancer

Answer 2

leukemia/lymphoma

Question 3

Aromatic amines eg: benzidine, 2-naphthylamine causes what cancer

Answer 3

transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

Question 4

Arsenic affects what organs and their assoc. cancers

Answer 4

liver: angiosarcome
lung: lung cancer
skin: squamous cell carinoma

Question 5

Carbon tetrochloride causes what cancer

Answer 5

centrilobular necrosis fatty change of the liver

Question 6

cigarette smoke assoc organs and caners

Answer 6

bladder: transition cell carcinoma
cervix : cervical carcinoma
esophagus: squamous cell carinoma/adenocarinoma
kidney: renal cell cancer
larynx: squamous cell cancer
Lung: squamous cell and small cell cancer
Pancreas: pancreatic adenocarinoma

Question 7

ethanol cancers

Answer 7

esophagus: squamous cell carcinoma
liver: hepatic cellular carinoma

Question 8

ionizing radiation

Answer 8

thyroid: papillary thyroid carcinoma

Question 9

nitrosamines (smoked foods)

Answer 9

stomach: gastric cancer

Question 10

radon

Answer 10

lung cancer: 2nd leading cause behind smoking

Question 11

vinyl chloride

Answer 11

liver: angiosarcoma

Question 12

what does Clonorchis sinensis liver fluke cause:

Answer 12

cholangiocarinoma `

Question 13

what does schistosoma haematobium cause:

Answer 13

bladder cancer (squamous cell)