Infectious agents and cancer - statistics
This section contains statistics on cancer and infections.
Cancer is not in any sense an infectious disease. However a small number of infectious agents, especially certain viruses, appear to play a key role in causing particular types of cancer.
It is estimated that around one in 33 cancer cases in the UK are linked to such infections.
- An overview of the link between infections and cancer
- Information on Epstein Barr virus (EBV) and cancer
- Information on Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and cancer
- Information on HTLV 1 retrovirus and cancer
- Information on KSHV and cancer
- Information on hepatitis viruses and cancer
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