List of  Cancers and Associated Microbes (WikiPedia Refs) as of Dec, 2011.

 

Cancer Name

Link

Microbe

Microbe

Microbe

Adrenal tumor

aw

 

BK virus

Simian virus 40.[32]

 

Anal cancer

aw

human papillomaviruses.[33]

 

 

Bladder cancer

cb

Schistosoma

Helminthes [34]

 

Brain tumor. Glioblastoma multiforme

cb

cytomegalovirus  [35]

BK virus,              JC virus

Simian virus 40. [36]

Breast cancer

aw

Mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV)

Epstein-Barr virus

HPV = Human papillomaviruses [37]

Carcinoid tumors

aw

Enterovirus   [38]

 

 

Cervical cancer

cb

HPV = Human papillomavirus [39]

 

 

Colorectal cancer

aw

Helicobacter pylori, Streptococcus bovis

HPV = Human papillomavirus [40]      rf  JC virus [42]

Schistosoma japonicum.[41]

Gallbladder cancer

aw

Salmonella typhi.[43]

 

 

Hodgkin's lymphoma

aw

Epstein-Barr virus [44]   EBV

Hepatitis C virus [45]

HIV  [46]

Kaposi's Sarcoma

cb

Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus HHV-8

HIV

= Human Immune Deficiency Virus

Liver cancer

cb

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatitis B & C virus   [47]

aw Schistosoma japonicum.[48]

Lung cancer

aw

Chlamydia pneumoniae  [49]

Human papillomavirus

Merkel cell polyomavirus.[50]

Leukemia

cb

Adult T-cell leukemia

Human T-cell leukemia virus-1.

 

Mesothelioma

aw

Simian virus 40 [51]

aw Asbestos exposure.

 

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

cb

Epstein-Barr virus EBV

 

 

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

aw

HIV

Simian virus 40 [52]

 SV-40

 

Oropharyngeal cancer

cb

Human papillomaviruses.

 

 

Ovarian cancer

aw

Mumps virus.

 

 

Pancreatic cancer

aw

Hepatitis B Virus

Helicobacter pylori.

 

Prostate cancer

aw

Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV)

BK virus

 

Skin neoplasm

aw

Human papillomaviruses.

 

 

Squamous cell carcinoma

aw

Human papilloma virus

 

 

Stomach cancer

aw

Helicobacter pylori.

 

 

Thyroid cancer

aw

Simian virus 40

 

 

 

               LINK:  aw = Associated with       cb = Caused by      rf = Risk factor