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| many agents that causes cancer |
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| smoking, radiation, and obesity |
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| carcinogenic and remains the most important cause of cancer |
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| REsponsible for 30% of all cancer deaths and is associated with squamous and small cell carcinomas |
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| Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) |
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| Second hand smoke with a combo of sidestream ( burning end of a cigarette) and mainstream ( exhalation of smoker) |
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| small amount of tobacco wrapped in the leaf of another plant |
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| Human exposure from x-rays, radioisotopes, and other radioactive sources |
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| causes basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma |
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| The principal source of exposure to UV |
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| occurs on head and neck and those at risk are those who have light complexions, light eyes, and fair hair because they tend to sunburn rather than tan |
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| found more commonly in men who work outdoors and is distributed over head, necks, and upper extremeties |
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| malignant pigmented mole and are uncommon in people with outdoor occupations |
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| nonionizing radiation, low frequency radiation without enough energy to break off electrons from their orbits around atoms and ionize that atoms |
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| Associated with microwaves, radar, fluroescent lights, computers, and other electronic equipment |
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| variety of compounds that include toxic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic chemicals |
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| Phase I activation enzymes |
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| enzymes that activate xenobiotics |
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| Phase II detoxification enzymes |
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| enzymes that protect further against a large array of reactive intermediates and nonactivated xenobiotics |
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| Alcohol, Alfaxtoxin, chinese style salted fish to infants |
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| Strongest, most consistent in playing a role in carcinogensis |
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| active endocrine and metabolic tissue |
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| REsulting from alcohol increases the risk of liver cancer |
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| Chronic alcohol consumption |
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| strong risk factor for cancer of the oral cavity, pharynx, hypopharynx, alarynx, esophagus, and liver |
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| alcohol interacts with this to increase the risk of malignant tumors |
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| required for the development of most cervical cancers and these infections are common in sexually active women |
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| high risk type of HPV and accounts for 50 to 60 % of cervical cancers |
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| Low risk types of HPV ( 2 and 11) |
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| genital warts and are rarely associated with cancer |
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| occupations factor that increases the risk of mesothelioma and lung cancer |
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| outdor pollution is considered worse than indoor pollution |
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| natural radioactive gas derived from the radioactive decay of uranium that is ubiquitous in rock and soil which can be trappers in house and give rise to radioactive decay products that can be carcinogenic to humans |
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| most of lungs cancers associated with radon are |
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| found principally in undergrounf water that increases risk of blasser, skin, and lung cancers |
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| This is usually a little ot not at all associated with the early stages of malignant disease |
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| Pain occurs __ to __ of those who are terminally ill with cancer and is strongly influenced by fear, anxiety, sleep loss, fatigue, and overall physical deterioation |
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| PRessure, obstruction, invasion, of a snesitive structure, stretching of visceral surfaces, tissue destruction, and inflammation. |
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| mechanisms that are associated with cancer that causes pain |
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| most frequently reported symptom of cancer and cancer treatment |
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| syndrom that inclues, anorexia, early satiety, weight loss, anemia, asthenia, porr performance, taste alterations, altered protein, lipid, and carbohydrate metabolism. |
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| most significant cause of complications and death in persons with malignant disease when granulocyte or lymphocyte count falls |
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