Samuel Hume, Fellow at The Foulkes Foundation and pursuing PhD in the University of Oxford’s Department of Oncology, posted on X:
“Some data that surprised me today: 30% of cancers in women in sub-Saharan Africa are caused by infections.
This is mainly HPV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and H. pylori – all of which are preventable or treatable.”
Harold J. Burstein, Breast Cancer Specialist and Professor at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and at Harvard Medical School, shared this post, adding:
“Interesting figure.
Also of note: in large portions of the world, smoking and alcohol consumption remained the largest single definable risk factors. And > half the time, we have no idea what causes the cancer at all.”
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