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Environmental and Infectious Causes of Malignancy

This chapter in Cancer Concepts: A Guidebook for the Non-Oncologist presents a summary of the most relevant causative agents of cancer. Exposure to many environmental agents is associated with an increased incidence of certain malignancies, although causation is usually difficult to prove. Certain chemicals, infections (parasitic, viral, and bacterial) and ionizing radiation are known carcinogens. Variable genetic susceptibility to...

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Material Type:: Open (Access) Textbook
Date Added to MERLOT:: January 15, 2020
Date Modified in MERLOT:: March 24, 2020
Author:: Mary Linton Peters, et al., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Submitter:: Cathy Swift
Primary Audience:: College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
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