The Scientific Evidence — Bradford Hill Criteria, p-value and Mathematics Applied to the Cause of Cancer — Comparison of All Etiological Theories
This document systematically applies Bradford Hill criteria and standard statistical tests to the four main etiological theories of cancer: genetic, environmental, lifestyle, and viral. Results show that the viral thesis quantitatively surpasses all alternative theories: 27/27 Bradford Hill criteria satisfied across 3 independent series, Chi²=81.4 (p<0.0001), HR=0.48 (p<0.001), Mann-Whitney U=0 (p<0.001). No theory on the cause of cancer has ever reached these values in the history of medicine. Data belong to international peer-reviewed literature (Lancet, JAMA, NEJM, IARC).
Authors
- Luciano Imbimbo
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19370275
- Primary Topic
- Historical and modern epidemiology studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00