Global burden of cancers attributable to infections in 2012: a synthetic analysis

• Main Authors: Dr. Martyn Plummer, PhD (Author), Catherine de Martel, MD (Author), Jerome Vignat, MSc (Author), Jacques Ferlay, ME (Author), Freddie Bray, PhD (Author), Silvia Franceschi, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Infections with certain viruses, bacteria, and parasites are strong risk factors for specific cancers. As new cancer statistics and epidemiological findings have accumulated in the past 5 years, we aimed to assess the causal involvement of the main carcinogenic agents in different cancer...