Some Carcinogens
Carcinogen | Type of Cancer |
|---|---|
Environmental and industrial | |
Arsenic | |
Asbestos | Lung Pleura |
Aromatic amines | |
Benzene | |
Chromates | Lung |
Diesel exhaust | Lung |
Ionizing radiation | Leukemia |
Nickel | Lung Nasal sinuses |
Pesticides | Lung |
Radon | Lung |
Ultraviolet radiation | |
Vinyl chloride | |
Associated with lifestyle | |
Alcohol | Breast Colorectal Esophagus Liver Mouth Throat |
Betel nuts | |
Tobacco | Bladder Lung Mouth Throat |
Used in medicine | |
Androgens | Liver |
Chemotherapy medications (such as alkylating agents and topoisomerase inhibitors) | Bladder Leukemia |
Diethylstilbestrol | Breast (in women who took the medication and in women exposed before birth) Cervix (when exposed before birth) Vagina (when exposed before birth) |
Radiation therapy | Leukemia Sarcomas |