Table 1. The latest clinical finding and the association of fungal infections with versatile cancers.
| Cancer type | Fungal agents | References | |
| Esophageal cancer | Candida sp. | C. albicans, C. glabrata, C. tropicalis | 16 |
| C. krusei, C. parapsilosis | 116 | ||
| Torulopsissp. | T. glabrata, T. tomata | 17,117,118 | |
| Aspergillus sp. | A. flavus, A. parasiticus | 18-20,119 | |
| Fusarium sp. | F. verticillioides, F. proliferation | ||
| Gastric cancer | C. albicans, Phialemonium spp., Aspergillus spp., Penicillium spp., Fusarium spp. | 37,38,39 | |
| S. cerevisiae, Malassezia spp., Mucor spp., Cryptococcus spp., Rhodotorula spp., Trichosporon spp., Histoplasma spp., Coccidioides spp., Paracoccidioides spp. and Blastomyces spp. | 40,41 | ||
| Gallbladder cancer | Aspergillus sp. | A. flavus, A. parasiticus |
39
120,121 122 51 |
| Penicillium | |||
| Candida sp. | C. albicans, C. glabrata, C. tropicalis | ||
| Blastomyces dermatitidis, Cryptococcus neoformans | |||
| Colorectal cancer | C. tropicalis, C. albicans, Phoma, Malassezia, Trichosporon, Cladosporium |
66-69
70 66 72 |
|
| Paracoccidioides, Histoplasma, Cryptococcus, Aspergillus, Penicillin, Zygomycetes, Pneumocystis, Scedosporiosis | |||
| Rhodotorula, Thanatephorus, Plectosphaerella | |||
| A. flavus, Kwoniella mangrovensis, Pseudogymnoascus sp., Debaryomyces fabryi, A. sydowii, Moniliophthora perniciosa, K. heavenensis, A. ochraceoroseus, Talaromyces islandicus, Malassezia globosa, | |||
| Colorectal cancer | Pseudogymnoascus sp., A. rambellii, Pneumocystis murina, Nosema apis, Malassezia, Moniliophthora, Rhodotorula, Acremonium, Thielaviopsis, Pisolithus | 72 | |
| Lung cancer | Aspergillus sp., Cryptococcus sp., Pneumocystis sp. | 81 | |
| Trichosporon, Fusarium, Rhizopus, Histoplasma capsulatum, H. immitis, P. jiroveci | 83 | ||
| T. marneffei | 84 | ||
| A. fumigatus | 85 | ||
| Prostate cancer | Candida sp., Aspergillus sp., C. neoformans, C. immitis, H. capsulatum, B. dermatitidis | 123 | |
| Cervical cancer | Candida, Malassezia, Sporidiobolaeae, Saccharomyces, Nakaseomyces, Gjaerumia, Pleosporales | 91 | |
| Cryptococcus laurentii | 93 | ||
| Skin cancer | C. neoformans, H. capsulatum, C. immitis, Trichosporonspp., Mucor, Fusarium, Rhizopus | 99 | |
| Candida sp., C. albicans, C. tropicalis, C. glabrata, C. parapsilosis | 99 | ||
| A. alternata, A. infectoria, C. cladosporioides, M. arundinis, E. oligosperma | 100 | ||
| Breast cancer | Aspergillus, Candida, Coccidioides, Cunninghamella, Geotrichum, Pleistophora, Rhodotorula, Filobasidiella, Mucor, Trichophyton, Epidermophyton, Fonsecaea, Pseudallescheria, Penicillium, Ajellomyces, Alternaria, Rhizomucor, Piedraia, Malassezia | 124 | |
| Ovarian cancer | Pneumocystis, Acremonium, Cladophialophora, Malassezia, Microsporidia Pleistophora, Ajellomyces, Aspergillus, Candida, Cladosporium, Coccidioides, Cryptococcus, Cunninghamella, Issatchenkia, Nosema, Paracoccidioides, Penicillium, Pleistophora, Rhizomucor, Rhizopus, Rhodotorula, Trichophyton | 115 | |