Carcinogens Flashcards
1
Q
Aflatoxins (Aspergillus)
A
Liver-HCC
2
Q
Alkylating agents
A
Blood-leuk./lymph.
3
Q
Aromatizing amines (benzidine, 2-naphthylamine)
A
Bladder- transitional cell carcinoma
4
Q
Arsenic
A
Liver-angiosarcoma
Lung cancer
Skin-squamous cell carcinoma
5
Q
Asbestos
A
lung (bronchogenic lung carcinoma > mesothelioma)
6
Q
Carbon tetrachloride
A
Liver-centrilobular necrosis, fatty change
7
Q
Cigarette smoke
A
Bladder- transitional cell carcinoma Cervix- cervical carcinoma Esophagus- sq c c/adenomca. Kidney- RCC Larynx-sqcc Lung- Sq cc and small cell carcinoma Pancreas- adenoca.
8
Q
Ethanol
A
Esophagus- sq c c.
Liver- HCC
9
Q
Ionizing radition
A
Papillary thyroid cancer
10
Q
Nitrosamines
A
Stomach- gastric cancer
11
Q
Radon
A
Lung
12
Q
Vinyl chroide
A
Angiosarcoma of liver