10. Role of infectious diseases in tumour development
- H. pylori
- Half of the world has it
- Most commonly gastro-oral or feco-oral transmission
- Causes chronic gastritis -> gastric cancer
- HPV
- 16, 18, 31, 33 -> carcinogenic (high risk)
- 6, 11 -> not carcinogenic (low risk)
- Most common cause of cervical cc
- Also a cause for throat cancer
- Recombinant vaccines
- Bivalent
- Quadrivalent
- HBV
- Causes HCC
- Vaccine
- HCV
- Causes HCC
- No vaccine
- EBV
- Burkitt lymphoma
- No vaccine
- HIV
- Kaposi sarcoma
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Increased risk for many other cancers