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what are the leading causes of cancer?
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smoking is 30%, diet is 20%, infectious agent is 15%.
83% of liver cancers by HBV/HCV. |
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how can viruses cause cancer?
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fast route - insert an oncogene
slow route - insert near proto onco gene. OR: transformative vs inflammation. transformative viruses are EBV and HPV and HIV. Inflammation = Hepatitis viruses, H. Pylori, flukes. |
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h. pylori - how can it cause cancer?
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either through inflammation, or raising pH and allowing reactive-nitrogen producing bacteria to move in.
dont' forget that eliminating H. pylori stops MALT cancers. |
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HPV - how does it cause cancer?
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E6 targets P53.
E7 targets RB BASAL cells |
