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		nextos 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: HPV vaccination reduces oncogenic HPV16/18 prevale... 15-20% cancers are caused by viral infections, probably more. E.g. EBV is strongly associated with several lymphomas. There are other significant clinical associations for HPV, HBV, HCV, HTLV-1, HHV-8, and many others.

LorenPechtel 5 days ago [–]

Personally, I suspect it's a lot more. The % of cancers of viral origin feels a lot like a growth curve to me--and growth curves flatten out gently.

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