Aetiological factors Flashcards
1
Q
Aromatic amines
A
associated with bladder cancer
2
Q
Benzene
A
leukaemia
3
Q
Wood dust
A
nasal adenocarcinoma
4
Q
Vinyl chloride
A
angiosarcomas
5
Q
smoked food
A
gastric carcinomas
6
Q
low fibre diets
A
colorectal carcinomas
7
Q
topoisomerase inhibitors
A
acute leukaemia
8
Q
Human papilloma virus (HPV).
A
Cervical and anal cancers
The E6 protein produced by HPV16 binds to and inactivates the p53 protein
9
Q
Epstein Barr Virus
A
non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) and other lymphomas.
10
Q
Hepatitis B virus
A
100 x risk of hepatocellular cancer
11
Q
Retrovirus HTLV1
A
T-cell lymphomas
12
Q
Helicobacter pylori.
A
mucosal associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) tumours
