Latin American and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer 1st edition: Infections and cancer

作者：Rolando Herrero, Loretto J Carvajal, M. Constanza Camargo, Arnoldo Riquelme, Carolina Porras, Ana P. Ortíz, Luis Aranha Camargo, Valeria Fink, Vanessa Van De Wyngard, Eduardo Lazcano‐Ponce, Carlos Canelo‐Aybar, Graciela J. Balbin‐Ramon, Ariadna Feliu, Carolina Espina · 发表于：Cancer Epidemiology · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.1016/j.canep.2023.102435 · 被引用次数：16 · 研究领域：Cervical Cancer and HPV Research、Viral-associated cancers and disorders、Hepatitis B Virus Studies

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 in...