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  2. Infectious causes of cancer - Wikipedia

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    Herpesviruses also cause cancer in animals, especially leukemias and lymphomas. [13] Human T cell lymphotropic virus was the first human retrovirus discovered by Robert Gallo and colleagues at NIH. [20] The virus causes Adult T-cell leukemia, a disease first described by Takatsuki and colleagues in Japan [21] and other neurological diseases ...

  3. Carcinogenic bacteria - Wikipedia

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    Bacteria involved in causing and treating cancers. Cancer bacteria are bacteria infectious organisms that are known or suspected to cause cancer. [1] While cancer-associated bacteria have long been considered to be opportunistic (i.e., infecting healthy tissues after cancer has already established itself), there is some evidence that bacteria may be directly carcinogenic.

  4. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Medications are usually not needed as hand, foot, and mouth disease is a viral disease that typically resolves on its own. Under research [15] [16] Sin Nombre virus: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) No Heartland virus: Heartland virus disease No Helicobacter pylori: Helicobacter pylori infection No Escherichia coliO157:H7, O111 and O104:H4

  5. Oncovirus - Wikipedia

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    The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer estimated that in 2002, infection caused 17.8% of human cancers, with 11.9% caused by one of seven viruses. [7] A 2020 study of 2,658 samples from 38 different types of cancer found that 16% were associated with a virus. [8]

  6. Carcinogen - Wikipedia

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    In Australia, where people with pale skin are often exposed to strong sunlight, melanoma is the most common cancer diagnosed in people aged 15–44 years. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Substances or foods irradiated with electrons or electromagnetic radiation (such as microwave, X-ray or gamma) are not carcinogenic. [ 17 ]

  7. Lists of diseases - Wikipedia

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    List of childhood diseases and disorders; List of endocrine diseases; List of eponymous diseases; List of eye diseases and disorders; List of intestinal diseases; List of infectious diseases; List of human disease case fatality rates; List of notifiable diseases - diseases that should be reported to public health services, e.g., hospitals ...

  8. Category:Oncology journals - Wikipedia

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    Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology; Journal of Cancer; Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology; Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics; Journal of Carcinogenesis; Journal of Clinical Oncology; Journal of Cytology; Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part C; Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research

  9. Cancer - Wikipedia

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    The most common types of cancer differ, but the cancer burden seems at least as high in pets as in humans. Animals, typically rodents, are often used in cancer research and studies of natural cancers in larger animals may benefit research into human cancer. [268] Across wild animals, there is still limited data on cancer.