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CANCER RISK FACTORS

Risk Factor Type of Cancer
age 50 years and older all cancers


ALCOHOLconsumption STOMACH CANCER, LIVER CANCER, PANCREATIC CANCER


cigarette smoking cancers of the lung, BLADDER, kidney, STOMACH, BREAST, prostate,
COLON, PANCREAS; acute myeloid LEUKEMIA(AML)


EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS Burkitt’s lymphoma


gender: female BREAST CANCER, ENDOMETRIAL CANCER, CERVICAL CANCER


gender: male BLADDER CANCER, PROSTATE CANCER, pancreatic cancer, stomach
cancer, CANCER OF THE PENIS, TESTICULAR CANCER, liver cancer


HELICOBACTER PYLORIINFECTION stomach cancer, gastric lymphoma


HEPATITISB VIRUs/hepatitis C virus liver cancer


HIV/AIDS KAPOSI’S SARCOMA, lymphoma


human herpes virus-8 (HHV-8) Kaposi’s sarcoma


HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS(HPV) infection cervical cancer, cancer of the PENIS, vaginal cancer, anal cancer,
cancer of the VULVA


human T-lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1) adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL)


INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE(IBD) COLORECTAL CANCER


INTESTINAL POLYP colorectal cancer


personal or family history of cancer all, though notably breast, ovarian, and colorectal cancers


Schistosoma haematobiumparasitic infection bladder cancer


sun exposure SKIN CANCER: basal cell CARCINOMA, squamous cell carcinoma,
malignant melanoma


TOBACCO USE OTHER THAN SMOKING oral cancer (lips, tongue, other structures of the MOUTH)

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