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Carcinogens Flashcards

1
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Aflatoxin

A

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Derived from aspergillus molds

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Alkylating agents

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Leukemia/lymphoma

chemotherapeutic agents

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3
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Alcohol

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Squamous cell carcinoma (oropharynx, upper esophagus)
Pancreatic cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Arsenic (derived from cigarette smoke)

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Squamous cell carcinoma of skin
Squamous cell carcinoma of lungs
Angiosarcoma of liver

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Asbestos

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Bronchogenic carcinoma > Mesothelioma

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Cigarette smoke

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Carcinoma of oropharynx, esophagus, lung, kidney, bladder

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7
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What component of cigarette smoke is particularly carcinogenic?

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Polycyclic hydrocarbons

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Nitrosamines

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Stomach cancer

Smoked foods; high rate of stomach cancer in Japan

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9
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Naphthylamine (derived from cigarette smoke)

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Urothelial carcinoma of the bladder

bonus: renal pelvis is also a site of urothelial carcinoma

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10
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Vinyl chloride

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Angiosarcoma of the liver

Used to make PVC pipe

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11
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Nickel

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Lung carcinoma

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12
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Chromium

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Lung carcinoma

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13
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Beryllium

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Lung carcinoma

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14
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Silica

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Lung carcinoma

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15
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Ionizing radiation

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Papillary thyroid carcinoma (orphan annie eye)
AML
CML

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16
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Carbon tetrachloride

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Liver carcinoma

17
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EBV

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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Burkitt Lymphoma
CNS lymphoma in AIDS

18
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HHV-8

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Kaposi Sarcoma (AIDS)

19
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HBV and HCV

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Hepatocellular carcinoma

20
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HTLV-1

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Adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma

21
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HPV 16, 18, 31, 33

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SCC of the vulva, vagina, anus, and cervix
Adenocarcinoma of the cervix

(Bonus: E6 inhibits p53; E7 inhibits Rb)

22
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Non-ionizing radiation

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(non-ionizing = UBV from sunlight)
BCC, SCC, melanoma

(Bonus: forms pyrimidine dimers; xeroderma pigmentosum = defective nucleotide excision repair of pyrimidine dimers)

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