[Virus-induced cancers: interplay between genetics and environment].
Among cancers diagnosed worldwide on a yearly basis, 20% are thought to be associated with a viral infection. The viruses involved are, by order of decreasing incidence, the hepatitis viruses, the papillomaviruses and the Epstein-Barr virus. These virus-induced cancers generate a high level of interest not only for the study of mechanisms involved in the neoplastic transformation, but also for the set-up of specific immunotherapies including prophylactic and therapeutic antitumor vaccination.
Anatomie Pathologique, CHU de Liège, Belgique. p.delvenne@chu.ulg.ac.be
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