Significant number of global cancer cases attributed to infectious diseases

By mdCurrent-India staff | Published: Aug 2012 Volume: .

Approximately 2 million of a total of 12.7 million new cancer cases worldwide are directly attributable to infectious disease, a recently published study found.

Multiple infectious diseases, such as Helicobacter pylori, human papillomavirus (HPV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human herpes T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), and human herpes virus type 8 (HHV-8), are known to cause cancer at various sites within the body. Stomach cancer is one of the most common causes of...

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