How infection can lead to cancer

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 11:31 in Health & Medicine

One of the biggest risk factors for liver, colon or stomach cancer is chronic inflammation of those organs, often caused by viral or bacterial infections. A new study offers the most comprehensive look yet at how such infections provoke tissues into becoming cancerous.

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