Latin American and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer 1st edition: infections and cancer
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
About 13% of all cancers around the world are associated with infectious agents, particularly in low-resource settings. The main infectious agents associated with cancer are Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), that causes gastric cancer, human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes cervical, vulvar, vaginal, penile, anal, and oropharyngeal cancer, hepatitis B and C viruses that cause liver cancer, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), associated with cancers of the cervix, Kaposi sarcoma (KS) and non-Hodgkin´s lymphoma. In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), about 150,000 cancer cases are caused annually by infections. The LAC Cancer Code Against Cancer consists of a set of 17 evidence-based and individual-level cancer prevention recommendations targeted to the general population, suited to the epidemiological, socioeconomic, and cultural conditions of the region, and tailored to the availability and accessibility of health-care systems. The recommendations with respect to infection-driven malignancies include testing and treating for H. pylori in the context of specific public health programs, vaccination against HPV and Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and detection and treatment of chronic infections with HBV, Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV, in addition to the promotion of safe sex and use of condoms to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STI). Countries, policy makers, health care systems and individuals should consider the adoption of these recommendations to help reduce the incidence and mortality of infection-related cancers in LAC, to improve quality of life of individuals and reduce the costs of cancer care in the region.
Date Issued
2023-10-01
Date Acceptance
2023-07-23
Citation
Cancer Epidemiology: the international journal of cancer epidemiology, detection and prevention, 2023, 86 (Supplement 1)
ISSN
0361-090X
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal / Book Title
Cancer Epidemiology: the international journal of cancer epidemiology, detection and prevention
Volume
86
Issue
Supplement 1
Copyright Statement
© 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY IGO license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/).
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Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37852729
PII: S1877-7821(23)00115-7
Subjects
Helicobacter pylori
Hepatitis virus
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human papillomavirus
Infections
Latin America and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer
Female
Humans
Caribbean Region
HIV Infections
Latin America
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms
Papillomavirus Infections
Quality of Life
Helicobacter pylori
HIV
Neoplasms
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
Netherlands
Article Number
102435
Date Publish Online
2023-10-16