1914 6 May 8/6 The cancer-causing, tuberculosis-spreading, and diphtheria-inciting custom of uncut finger nails.
1986 J. Batten 152 The trouble with the wines seemed to be a potentially cancer-causing ingredient called ethyl carbamate.
2005 21 Jan. a4/5 The cancer-triggering gene apparently instigates the misbehavior of other cancer-causing genes, leading to tumor formation.