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A review of the infection-associated cancers in North African countries

Cancer is typically classified as a leading non-communicable disease; however, infectious agents, such as Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human papilloma virus (HPV), contribute significantly to the pathogenesis of various cancers. Less developed...

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Autores principales: Hussein, Wafaa Mohamed, Anwar, Wagida A., Attaleb, Mohammed, Mazini, Loubna, Försti, Asta, Trimbitas, Roxana-Delia, Khyatti, Meriem
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4979152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27512409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13027-016-0083-8
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author Hussein, Wafaa Mohamed
Anwar, Wagida A.
Attaleb, Mohammed
Mazini, Loubna
Försti, Asta
Trimbitas, Roxana-Delia
Khyatti, Meriem
author_facet Hussein, Wafaa Mohamed
Anwar, Wagida A.
Attaleb, Mohammed
Mazini, Loubna
Försti, Asta
Trimbitas, Roxana-Delia
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description Cancer is typically classified as a leading non-communicable disease; however, infectious agents, such as Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human papilloma virus (HPV), contribute significantly to the pathogenesis of various cancers. Less developed countries, including countries of the North African (NA) region, endure the highest burden of infection-related cancers. The five most common infection-associated cancers in NA in order of incidence are bladder cancer, cervical cancer, liver cancer, stomach cancer, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. This review aims to outline the epidemiologic pattern of infection-associated cancers in five NA countries (namely: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt) highlighting the similarities and differences across the region. The present study employed an initial literature review of peer-reviewed articles selected from PubMed, ScienceDirect and World Health Organization (WHO) databases based on key word searches without restriction on publication dates. Original research articles and reports written in French, as well as data from institutional reports and regional meeting abstracts were also included in this extensive review. Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco were selected to be the focus of this review.
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spelling pubmed-49791522016-08-11 A review of the infection-associated cancers in North African countries Hussein, Wafaa Mohamed Anwar, Wagida A. Attaleb, Mohammed Mazini, Loubna Försti, Asta Trimbitas, Roxana-Delia Khyatti, Meriem Infect Agent Cancer Review Cancer is typically classified as a leading non-communicable disease; however, infectious agents, such as Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human papilloma virus (HPV), contribute significantly to the pathogenesis of various cancers. Less developed countries, including countries of the North African (NA) region, endure the highest burden of infection-related cancers. The five most common infection-associated cancers in NA in order of incidence are bladder cancer, cervical cancer, liver cancer, stomach cancer, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. This review aims to outline the epidemiologic pattern of infection-associated cancers in five NA countries (namely: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt) highlighting the similarities and differences across the region. The present study employed an initial literature review of peer-reviewed articles selected from PubMed, ScienceDirect and World Health Organization (WHO) databases based on key word searches without restriction on publication dates. Original research articles and reports written in French, as well as data from institutional reports and regional meeting abstracts were also included in this extensive review. Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco were selected to be the focus of this review. BioMed Central 2016-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4979152/ /pubmed/27512409 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13027-016-0083-8 Text en © The Author(s). 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Anwar, Wagida A.
Attaleb, Mohammed
Mazini, Loubna
Försti, Asta
Trimbitas, Roxana-Delia
Khyatti, Meriem
A review of the infection-associated cancers in North African countries
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title_short A review of the infection-associated cancers in North African countries
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4979152/
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