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test 11/5/09
Study study study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| six types of cancer | breast, ovarian, skin, lung, colon, prostate |
| cancers that are hereditary? | breast, prostate, ovarian, skin, colon |
| chewing tobacco increases the cause of? | Mouth cancer |
| tobacco inhalants cigarette, cigar, and pipes | increase the risk for developing cancer in the lung,larynx, mouth, esophagus, bladder, kidney, throat, stomach, pancreas,cervix |
| Radon | a radio active gas that is oderless, colorless and tasteless. |
| UV Ultra violet | comes from the sun can increase the chance for skin cancer |
| Cancer causing agents | are found in the workplace, home and the environment through pollution |
| EBV Epstein-Barr | a common virus that remains dormant in most people it also associated with the certain lymphomas such as Burkitt's lymphoma |
| HBV Hepatitis B | are linked to liver cancer |
| HBC Hepatitis C | Liver cancer |
| HPV Human papillomavirus | a virus that cause genital warts and cancer of the cervix |
| HIV Human Immunnodeficiency virus | Can cause Kaposi's sarcoma |
| HHV8 Human herpesvirus 8 | Can cause Kaposi's sarcoma |