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. 2017 Summer;8(3):153–158. doi: 10.22088/cjim.8.3.153

Table1.

Infectious Agents, Cancer Sites and Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis

Reference Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis Cancer Sites Infectious Agents
(17,19) Chronic Direct and carcinogens
inflammation
Hepatocellular carcinoma HBV
(26) Chronic
inflammation
Hepatocellular carcinoma HCV
(34,36) Direct carcinogens Burkitt's lymphoma, Nasopharyngeal carcinoma and Hodgkin lymphoma EBV
(43) Direct carcinogens Carcinoma of cervix, vulva anus, oral cavity HPV
(49) Immune
suppression
Kaposi sarcoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, carcinoma of the cervix HIV
(52,56) Chronic inflammation Adenocarcinoma and lymphoma H.pylori
(58) Chronic inflammation Colorectal cancer S. bovis