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cancer treatment options <strong>and</strong> decisions 371<br />

CANCER RISK FACTORS<br />

Risk Factor<br />

age 50 years <strong>and</strong> older<br />

Type <strong>of</strong> Cancer<br />

all cancers<br />

ALCOHOL consumption<br />

STOMACH CANCER, LIVER CANCER, PANCREATIC CANCER<br />

cigarette smoking<br />

cancers <strong>of</strong> the lung, BLADDER, kidney, STOMACH, BREAST, prostate,<br />

COLON, PANCREAS; acute myeloid LEUKEMIA (AML)<br />

EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS<br />

Burkitt’s lymphoma<br />

gender: female<br />

BREAST CANCER, ENDOMETRIAL CANCER, CERVICAL CANCER<br />

gender: male<br />

BLADDER CANCER, PROSTATE CANCER, pancreatic cancer, stomach<br />

cancer, CANCER OF THE PENIS, TESTICULAR CANCER, liver cancer<br />

HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION<br />

stomach cancer, gastric lymphoma<br />

HEPATITIS B VIRUs/hepatitis C virus<br />

liver cancer<br />

HIV/AIDS<br />

KAPOSI’S SARCOMA, lymphoma<br />

human herpes virus-8 (HHV-8)<br />

Kaposi’s sarcoma<br />

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) infection<br />

cervical cancer, cancer <strong>of</strong> the PENIS, vaginal cancer, anal cancer,<br />

cancer <strong>of</strong> the VULVA<br />

human T-lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1)<br />

adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL)<br />

INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (IBD)<br />

COLORECTAL CANCER<br />

INTESTINAL POLYP<br />

colorectal cancer<br />

personal or family history <strong>of</strong> cancer<br />

all, though notably breast, ovarian, <strong>and</strong> colorectal cancers<br />

Schistosoma haematobium parasitic infection<br />

bladder cancer<br />

sun exposure<br />

SKIN CANCER: basal cell CARCINOMA, squamous cell carcinoma,<br />

malignant melanoma<br />

TOBACCO USE OTHER THAN SMOKING<br />

oral cancer (lips, tongue, other structures <strong>of</strong> the MOUTH)

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