In the early 1900s, numerous seminal publications reported that high rates of cancer
occurred in certain occupations. During this period, work with infectious agents produced …

Abstract The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has comprehensively
assessed the human carcinogenicity of biological agents. Seven viruses including Epstein …

An estimated 15 percent of all human cancers worldwide may be attributed to viruses [1],
representing a significant portion of the global cancer burden. Both DNA and RNA viruses …

COAL TAR; CREOSOTE; PETROLEUM; BENZENE; CHROMIUM; ARSENIC; ASBESTOS;
ESTROGEN; ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL; 2-NAPHTHYLAMINE; 4-AMINOBIPHENYL; …

The study of cancer is incomplete without taking into consideration of tumorigenic viruses.
Initially, searches for human cancer viruses were fruitless despite an expansion of our …

This important new reference book on human cancer provides a global picture of the
epidemiology of cancer and its environmental causes. By summarising on a cancer-by …

The increasing incidence of a variety of cancers after the Second World War confronts
scientists with the question of their origin. In Western countries, expansion and ageing of the …

This is the threshold of an era when many of the most prevalent human cancers can, to a
significant extent, be prevented through life-style changes or medical interventions. For lung …

Infectious agents, mainly viruses, are among the few known causes of cancer and contribute
to a variety of malignancies worldwide. The agents and cancers considered here are human …

During the past 150 years the West ern world has virtually elimi nated infectious diseases as
a sig nificant cause of death. A child born in the US today can look forward to a life …