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21 Cards in this Set
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Hydrocarbons |
In cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoke, and car exhaust-insecticides, dyes, industrial chemicals, asbestos, as an insulation, and hormones. Hormones such as estrogens can cause cancer by stimulating the growth of cells in the lining of the uterus or in the milk glands of the breasts. |
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Adrenocorticol carcinoma |
Cancer of the adrenal gland. |
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Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma |
Cancer of the salivary glands |
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Renal cell carcinoma (hypernephroma) |
Kidney and bladder |
Epithelial tissue |
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Lung |
*Adenocaecinoma (bronchioloalveolar) *Large cell carcinoma *Small cell carcinoma *Squamous cell carcinoma |
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Reproductive organs |
*Adenocarcinoma of the uterus *squamous cell carcinoma of the penis *Choriocarcinoma of the uterus or testes *cystadenocarcinoma (mucinous or serous) of the ovaries *seminoma and embryonal cell carcinoma (testes) *squamous cell (epidermoid) carcinoma of the vagina or cervix |
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Skin |
Basal cell layer = basal cell carcinoma Melanocyte = malignant melanoma Squamous cell layer = squamous cell carcinoma |
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Bone |
Osteosarcoma (osteogenic sarcoma) Ewing sarcoma |
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Leiomyosarcoma |
Smooth (visceral) muscle |
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Rhabdomyosarcoma |
Striated (skeletal) muscle |
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Chondrosarcoma |
Chondrosarcoma |
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Fat |
Iiposarcoma |
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Angiosarcoma |
Blood vessel tissue |
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Leukemias |
All leukocytes |
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Lymphocytes |
Lymphomas: Hodgkin lymphoma Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 1. Follicular 2. Diffuse large cell 3. Burkitt 4. Anaplastic large cell |
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Multiple myeloma |
Plasma cells (bone marrow) |
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Neuroblastoma |
Embryonic nerve tissue |
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Glial cell |
Astrocytoma (tumor of glial cells called astrocytes) Glioblastoma multiforme |
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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor |
Nerve cells of the gastrointestinal tract |
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Wilms tumor |
Mixed kidney tumor (embryonal adenosarcoma) |
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Ovaries and testes |
Mixed tissue teratoma (tumor composed of bone, muscle, skin, gland cells, cartilage, ect.) Germ cell tumor |
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