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Only a small proportion of human cancers appear to be caused by exposure to carcinogenic agents of known nature, for example radiation and industrial chemicals. For the remainder, it is probable that no single cause is prominent, but that combinations of many carcinogenic agents, probably mainly at low concentrations, are responsible. Apart from the use of tobacco, which seems to be related to several types of cancer, especially lung cancer, there are no reasonable explanations for the most common types of cancer, including stomach, liver (in the non-industrial world), colon, nervous system, breast, uterus and cervix, prostate and pancreas; esophagus and bladder cancer are also unknown in this regard, but they seem to be particularly common in certain locations and among certain groups.
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Lijinsky, W. (1988). The Role of N-Nitroso Compounds in Human Cancer. In: Feo, F., Pani, P., Columbano, A., Garcea, R. (eds) Chemical Carcinogenesis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9640-7_68
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