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. 2014 May 24;8(4):283–295. doi: 10.1007/s11693-014-9141-y

Table 1.

Oncoviruses caused cancers

Cancer Oncovirus Viral oncoprotein
Penile cancer Human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 (HPV16,18) Early protein 6 (E6), early protein 7(E7)
Vulvar cancer Human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 (HPV16,18) Early protein 6 (E6), early protein 7(E7)
Cervical cancer Human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 (HPV16,18) Early protein 6 (E6), early protein 7(E7)
Cancer of the anal canal Human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 (HPV16,18) Early protein 6 (E6), early protein 7(E7)
Kaposi’s sarcoma Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV or HHV-8) Viral interferon regulatory factors-1,2,3(v-IRF-1, 2, 3)
Hodgkin lymphoma Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen (EBNA), latent membrane proteins (LMP)
Burkitt lymphoma Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen(EBNA), Latent membrane proteins (LMP)
Nasopharyngeal cancer Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen(EBNA), Latent membrane proteins (LMP)
Malignant pleural mesothelioma Simian virus 40 (SV40) SV40 Large T-antigen
Hepatocellular carcinoma Hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) Hepatitis B viral protein (HBcAg)
Adult T-cell leukemia Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) Tax
Squamous cell carcinoma Human papillomavirus types 8,18,5 (HPV8,18,5) No clear reference