substance that directly causes cancer is called
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Lung Cancer: Facts, Types and Causes Carcinogens. Carcinogens are a class of substances that are directly responsible for damaging DNA, promoting or aiding cancer. Tobacco, asbestos, arsenic, radiation such as gamma and x-rays, the sun, and compounds in car exhaust fumes are all examples of carcinogens.
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Chapter 5: Indoor Air Pollutants and Toxic Materials Does smoking cause cancer? Tobacco smoke contains over 60 chemicals known to cause cancer. Certain chemicals in tobacco smoke damage an important gene called p53. The p53 gene is found in the nucleus of every cell in the human body and its main role is to prevent cancer cells evolving. Cigarette smoke is the main cause of p53 mutations in lung cancer.
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- Noun. 1. carcinogen-any substance that produces cancer. substance-a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties; shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man.
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- /car·cin·o·gen/ (kahr-sin´ah-jen) any substance which causes cancer.carcinogen´ic. epigenetic carcinogen one that does not itself damage DNA but causes alterations that predispose to cancer. genotoxic carcinogen one that reacts directly with DNA or with macromolecules that then react with DNA.
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What Are Carcinogens and How Do They Cause Cancer? Carcinogens can be chemical substances, viruses, or even medications and radiation therapies used to treat cancer. While a carcinogen or a combination of carcinogens can cause cancer, it may not always the only reason since the tendency to develop cancer can be inherited. Carcinogenic substances can cause cancer in the following different ways:
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What Are Carcinogens and How Do They Cause Cancer? Updated March 27, 2016. A carcinogen is any substance or agent that causes cancer. It does so by altering the cellular metabolism or by damaging DNA in our cells, interfering with normal cellular processes. The identification of substances in the environment that cause people to become ill with cancer helps in prevention efforts.
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Cancer Causing Foods Foods made of refined sugars such as cakes, cookies, pies, soda, juice, and cereals, also cause spikes in insulin levels and encourage rapid growth of malignant cells. Artificial sweeteners like high-fructose corn syrup are most offensive, since cancer cells easily metabolize these sugars to proliferate.
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How smoking causes cancer The main way that smoking causes cancer is by damaging our DNA, including key genes that protect us against cancer. Many of the chemicals found in cigarettes have been shown to cause DNA damage, including benzene, polonium-210, benzo(a)pyrene and nitrosamines.
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What is a Carcinogen? Many substances have been identified as carcinogenic. Some commonly known carcinogens include asbestos, radon, certain pesticides, arsenic, and tobacco smoke. Smokeless tobacco is a known carcinogen as well. One major carcinogen originates from something vital to life.
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Causes of cancer Causes of cancer. For the cellular mechanisms of cancer development, see Carcinogenesis. Most cancers are related to environmental, lifestyle, or behavioral exposures. The term environmental, as used by cancer researchers, refers to everything outside the body that interacts with humans.
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What Is Cancer? In the most basic terms, cancer refers to cells that grow out-of-control and invade other tissues. Cells become cancerous due to the accumulation of defects, or mutations, in their DNA. poor lifestyle choices -- such as smoking and heavy alcohol use -- can also damage DNA and lead to cancer.
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Miso Acrylamide is a potentially toxic and potentially cancer-causing substance that can be naturally present in uncooked, raw foods in very small amounts. But for this substance to pose a risk of toxicity or cancer, it must be present in foods in much larger amounts, and these larger amounts do not occur unless those foods have been cooked.
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- Exposure to several carcinogens at once may result in cancer rates higher than would be expected by adding the risks from each carcinogen separately. This is known as a synergistic effect. For example, both cigarette smoking and exposure to asbestos have been show to cause cancer.
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- A carcinogen is a substance that is capable of causing cancer. Carcinogens do this by increasing the rate of cellular division, which increases the probability of abnormal DNA synthesis.There are many known carcinogens. Some of these include tobacco, pesticides, and asbestos. carcinogen is a substance that is capable of causing cancer. Carcinogens do this by increasing the rate of cellular division, which increases the probability of abnormal DNA synthesis.
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- Areas of research. Cause. Early research on the cause of cancer was summarized by Haddow in 1958. The first chemical carcinogen was identified in 1928-29 as 1:2-5:6-dibenzanthracene, and the carcinogeneic substance in pitch was identified as 3:4-benzopyrene in 1933.
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Cancer How Is Smoking Related to Cancer? Smoking can cause cancer and then block your body from fighting it: 4. Poisons in cigarette smoke can weaken the body’s immune system, making it harder to kill cancer cells. When this happens, cancer cells keep growing without being stopped. Poisons in tobacco smoke can damage or change a cell's DNA.
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- Definition. 1  A carcinogen is a substance that causes cancer (or is believed to cause cancer). 2  A carcinogenic material is one that is known to cause cancer. 3  The process of forming cancer cells from normal cells or carcinomas is called carcinogenesis.
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What Is Toxicity? Toxicity is a primary cause of cancer because toxicity is the primary cause of a weakened immune system. Cancer cells form in your body daily, but your WBCs normally destroy them. But when toxicity weakens your immune system, your WBCs can’t do their job, giving cancer cells the opportunity to grow.
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The Primary Cause of Cancer Cancer is said to have countless causes-smoking, toxins, a genetic cause, a cause linked to abnormal protein production, an environmental cause, and a host of other factors.This is in all likelihood true, but it causes one to tend to miss the point.ancer is said to have countless causes-smoking, toxins, a genetic cause, a cause linked to abnormal protein production, an environmental cause, and a host of other factors.
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Deodorant chemical 'found in breast tumours' As the researchers themselves concluded, the fact that parabens are present in breast tissue samples taken from women with breast cancer does not mean that parabens caused the cancer. Breast cancer is known to have many risk factors, and it is unlikely that any single chemical would be a dominant risk factor.inks to the headlines. Chemical found in deodorants, face cream and food products is discovered in tumours of ALL breast cancer patients. Daily Mail, January 13 2012. Breast cancer 'risk' all over shops' shelves.
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Asbestos Exposure and Cancer Risk Asbestos has been classified as a known human carcinogen (a substance that causes cancer) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) (2, 3, 7, 8).
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Carcinogen Photo by: iQoncept. A carcinogen is a substance that causes a normal cell to change into a cancerous cell, resulting in uncontrolled cell growth. Cancer cells can multiply unchecked, forming a mass of tissue called a tumor.
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What Are Carcinogens and How Do They Cause Cancer? While a carcinogen or a combination of carcinogens can cause cancer, it may not always the only reason since the tendency to develop cancer can be inherited. Carcinogenic substances can cause cancer in the following different ways:
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Carcinogen Words to Know. Aflatoxin: A carcinogenic poison produced by a mold that grows on peanuts and grains. Cancer: A disease of uncontrolled cell growth. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid): The genetic material in the nucleus of cells that contains information for an organism's development.Mutation: A change in the genetic material of a cell.hoto by: iQoncept. A carcinogen is a substance that causes a normal cell to change into a cancerous cell, resulting in uncontrolled cell growth. Cancer cells can multiply unchecked, forming a mass of tissue called a tumor.
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- A chemical in groundwater that can cause birth defects is called a. A.teratogen B.VOC C.carcinogen D.hypoxic substance. Environmental agents such as a drug, chemical, virus or other factor that produce a birth defect are known as A)teratogens. chemical in groundwater that can cause birth defects is called a. A.teratogen B.VOC C.carcinogen D.hypoxic substance. Environmental agents such as a drug, chemical, virus or other factor that produce a birth defect are known as A)teratogens.
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Carcinogen The international pictogram for chemicals that are sensitising, mutagenic, carcinogenic or toxic to reproduction. A carcinogen is any substance, radionuclide, or radiation that is an agent directly involved in causing cancer. This may be due to the ability to damage the genome or to the disruption of cellular metabolic processes. Several radioactive substances are considered carcinogens, but their carcinogenic activity is attributed to the radiation, for example gamma rays and alpha particles, which they emit. Common examples of non-radioactive carcinogens are inhaled asbestos, certain dioxins, and tobacco smoke.