Veronique Greenwood in Time Magazine:
Certain human papillomaviruses, or HPV, are behind the majority of cervical cancers and a number of head and neck cancers as well, says Harriet Rumgay, an epidemiologist at IARC who is an author of the new report. About 4% of new cancer diagnoses in 2024 could be attributed to HPV infection. Doctors and researchers have known for decades that hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections also drive many cases of liver cancer, linked to 2% and less than 1% of new diagnoses respectively, according to the report.
There is also strong evidence linking Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that infects the stomach and small intestine, with gastric cancers. This infection was calculated to be behind about 4% of new diagnoses. And Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), which causes mononucleosis and affects more than 90% of the world’s population, was involved in around 1% of new diagnoses, including lymphomas, nasopharyngeal cancers, and gastric cancers. Seven other infections, including HIV, were also flagged as carcinogens in the study.
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