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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Significant number of global cancer cases attributed to infectious diseases
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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