Friday, March 20, 2009

Viral carcinogens

* epstein-barr virus = burkitt's lymphoma, hodgkins disease, immunosuppression-related lymphoma, sinonasal angiocentric T-cell lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
* hepatitis B = hepatocellular carcinoma
* hepatitis C = hepatocellular carcinoma
* human immunodeficiency virus-1 = kaposis sarcoma, non-hodgkins lymphoma
* human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 = cervical cancer, anal cancer.
* human T-cell lymphotropic viruses = adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma

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