Infections are linked to 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2024
About 2.3 million new cancer cases identified worldwide in 2024 were linked to infections — roughly 12% of all new cancer diagnoses, or one in eight cases. This conclusion was reached by researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the WHO; the results were published in The Lancet Oncology.
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