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'One in six cancers worldwide are caused by infection'

Posted 05-09-2012 at 03:25 PM by admin

8 May 2012 Last updated at 20:01 ET
By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online

One in six cancers - two million a year globally - are caused by largely treatable or preventable infections, new estimates suggest.

The Lancet Oncology review, which looked at incidence rates for 27 cancers in 184 countries, found four main infections are responsible.

These four - human papillomaviruses, Helicobacter pylori and hepatitis B and C viruses - account for 1.9m cases of cervical, gut and liver cancers.

Most cases are in the developing world.


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