Amanda Pullinger, Chief Executive Officer of Debbie’s Dream Foundation: Curing Stomach Cancer, shared Jacqueline Howard’s, CNN Health Reporter, post on LinkedIn, adding:
“H. Pylori keeps cropping up in cancer studies because it’s a common bacteria in the stomach that causes a multitude of issues including stomach ulcers and stomach cancer.
Question: why aren’t we seeing more publicity about the need to test (simple test BTW) for h. Pylori, as a starting point for prevention?
Stay tuned for the initiatives that Debbie’s Dream Foundation: Curing Stomach Cancer will be launching to ensure that those at risk self-advocate for testing.
If we can eradicate at least some of the pre-cursors for more serious conditions, why aren’t we already doing so?”
Quoting Jacqueline Howard’s post:
“Millions of new cancer cases around the world may be caused by common infections that are either treatable or preventable.
That’s according to new research published in the journal The Lancet Oncology, which found that roughly 1 in 8 cancer cases around the world may be linked to infections – many of which can be prevented through vaccines, screening or relatively straightforward treatments.
About 2.3 million new cancer cases were attributable to infections globally in 2024, which is equivalent to 12% of all cancer diagnoses, the new study found.
Two infections stood out in particular: Helicobacter pylori, commonly known as H. pylori, which was mostly associated with gastric cancers and human papillomavirus, or HPV, which was predominantly associated with cervical cancer.
Together, researchers estimate that these two infections accounted for more than 1.5 million cancer cases in 2024.
Here’s the latest: About 1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are tied to these infections – most of them preventable.”
Other articles about Helicobacter pylori on OncoDaily.