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Table 11-5: Virus implicated in various cancers MOL 329

MOL 329
Agent“Cancer”Predisposing Conditions
Epstein-Barr virusBurkitt’s lymphomaPossibly malaria
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Herpes hominisCarcinoma cervixPromiscuity/venereal infection
Papovaviruses (SV 40; JC, BK)Progressive multifocal encephalopathyImmunosuppression
Unknown virusKaposi’s sarcomaAcquired immunodeficiency syndromes
Hepatitis BPrimary hepatocellular carcinomaChronic hepatitis B infection
Human PapillomavirusesGenital tumorsVenereal infection
T-cell leukemia virus1. Sezary syndrome___
2. Mycosis fungoids___

—C. W. Potter and R. C. Rees, “Viruses, Immunity, and Cancer,” in B. W. Hancock, and A. M. Ward, editors, Immunological Aspects of Cancer (Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishing, 1985), pp. 225-229.