List of Carcinogens and the Cancers They Cause

Agent	Cancer Type
Benzo [a]-pyrene (Tobacco)	Lung
Alcohol	Mouth, Pharynx, Larynx, Espohagus
Dietary Fat	Breast
Asbestos	Respiratory-tract, Pleural and Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Fermented Foods	Stomach
Estrogens	Endometrial, Ovarian, Breast
UV Light	Skin
X-Radiation and Gamma Radiation	Leukemia, Thyroid, Breast, Lung, Mouth, Stomach, Colon, Bladder, Ovarian, Skin, Central Nervous System
Tamoxifen	Endometrial
In-Utero Diethylstilbestrol	Childhood Cancer
Transabdominal Radiation	Childhood Cancer
Aflatoxin	Liver
Soot, Coal (Chimney Sweeping)	Scrotal
Nickel (Nickel Refining)	Lung, Nasal
Wood Dust (Woodworking)	Nasal
Cr(VI) (Leatherworking)	Lung
Mustard Gas	Respiratory-tract, Lung
2-napthylamine	Bladder
HPV	Cervical, Oral, Pharyngeal, Vaginal, Vulvar, Head/Neck, Scrotal, Anal⁽¹⁾
H. pylori	Stomach
EBV	B-cell Lymphoma, Nasal, Pharyngeal, Stomach
Herpes Viruses	Kaposi's Sarcoma
Polyomaviruses (ex. JCV)	Brain
HTLV-1	T-cell Leukemia
Hepatitis B and C	Liver

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