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| Title |
The global health burden of infection‐associated cancers in the year 2002
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| Published in |
International Journal of Cancer, January 2006
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| DOI | 10.1002/ijc.21731 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Donald Maxwell Parkin |
| 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. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2 | 9% |
| Spain | 2 | 9% |
| United States | 2 | 9% |
| Mexico | 1 | 5% |
| Tunisia | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 14 | 64% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 19 | 86% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 5% |
| Scientists | 1 | 5% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,502 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | <1% |
| Spain | 4 | <1% |
| South Africa | 3 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 10 | <1% |
| Unknown | 1463 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 248 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 220 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 184 | 12% |
| Researcher | 178 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 103 | 7% |
| Other | 258 | 17% |
| Unknown | 311 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 411 | 27% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 245 | 16% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 205 | 14% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 68 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 39 | 3% |
| Other | 174 | 12% |
| Unknown | 360 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 105. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 March 2024.
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