Stat Bite: Infectious agents as global causes of cancer in 2020
Worldwide, infectious agents caused around 2.3 million new cancer cases in 2020, equivalent to 1 in 9 of all cancers diagnosed worldwide.Helicobacter pylori was the most important cause, with 850 000 new cancer cases attributed to the bacteria (36% of all infection-related cancers), followed by 730 000 cases (31%) associated with human papillomavirus and 380 000 cases (16%) with hepatitis B.
Authors
- Isabelle Soerjomataram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6017-741X)
- Freddie Bray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3248-7787)
Institutions
- Centre international de recherche sur le cancer (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Published
- 2025-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djaf091
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00