The global health burden of infection-associated cancers in the year 2002 Export

@article{citeulike:3730384, abstract = {Several infectious agents are considered to be causes of cancer in humans. The fraction of the different types of cancer, and of all cancers worldwide and in different regions, has been estimated using several methods; primarily by reviewing the evidence for the strength of the association (relative risk) and the prevalence of infection in different world areas. The estimated total of infection-attributable cancer in the year 2002 is 1.9 million cases, or 17.8\% of the global cancer burden. The principal agents are the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (5.5\% of all cancer), the human papilloma viruses (5.2\%), the hepatitis B and C viruses (4.9\%), Epstein-Barr virus (1\%), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) together with the human herpes virus 8 (0.9\%). Relatively less important causes of cancer are the schistosomes (0.1\%), human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (0.03\%) and the liver flukes (0.02\%). There would be 26.3\% fewer cancers in developing countries (1.5 million cases per year) and 7.7\% in developed countries (390,000 cases) if these infectious diseases were prevented. The attributable fraction at the specific sites varies from 100\% of cervix cancers attributable to the papilloma viruses to a tiny proportion (0.4\%) of liver cancers (worldwide) caused by liver flukes.}, author = {Parkin, Donald M.}, citeulike-article-id = {3730384}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.21731}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16404738}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16404738}, doi = {10.1002/ijc.21731}, issn = {1097-0215}, journal = {International Journal of Cancer}, keywords = {2002, cancer, epidemiology, infection}, month = {June}, number = {12}, pages = {3030--3044}, posted-at = {2008-11-30 20:46:03}, priority = {2}, title = {The global health burden of infection-associated cancers in the year 2002}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.21731}, volume = {118}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3730384 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3730384 N2 - Several infectious agents are considered to be causes of cancer in humans. The fraction of the different types of cancer, and of all cancers worldwide and in different regions, has been estimated using several methods; primarily by reviewing the evidence for the strength of the association (relative risk) and the prevalence of infection in different world areas. The estimated total of infection-attributable cancer in the year 2002 is 1.9 million cases, or 17.8% of the global cancer burden. The principal agents are the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (5.5% of all cancer), the human papilloma viruses (5.2%), the hepatitis B and C viruses (4.9%), Epstein-Barr virus (1%), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) together with the human herpes virus 8 (0.9%). Relatively less important causes of cancer are the schistosomes (0.1%), human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (0.03%) and the liver flukes (0.02%). There would be 26.3% fewer cancers in developing countries (1.5 million cases per year) and 7.7% in developed countries (390,000 cases) if these infectious diseases were prevented. The attributable fraction at the specific sites varies from 100% of cervix cancers attributable to the papilloma viruses to a tiny proportion (0.4%) of liver cancers (worldwide) caused by liver flukes. IS - 12 JF - International Journal of Cancer SN - 1097-0215 EP - 3044 TI - The global health burden of infection-associated cancers in the year 2002 VL - 118 SP - 3030 KW - 2002 KW - cancer KW - epidemiology KW - infection AU - Parkin, Donald PY - 2006/06/15/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.21731 ER -