| Chapter title |
Parasite-Associated Cancers (Blood Flukes/Liver Flukes)
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 12 |
| Book title |
Infectious Agents Associated Cancers: Epidemiology and Molecular Biology
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| Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-981-10-5765-6_12 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-9-81-105764-9, 978-9-81-105765-6
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| Authors |
Meng Feng, Xunjia Cheng, Feng, Meng, Cheng, Xunjia |
| Abstract |
Parasitic infection remains as a persistent public health problem and can be carcinogenic. Three helminth parasites, namely, Clonorchis sinensis (liver fluke) and Opisthorchis viverrini as well as Schistosoma haematobium (blood fluke), are classified as Group 1 carcinogens by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC Infection with liver flukes (Opisthorchis viverrini, Opisthorchis felineus and Clonorchis sinensis), World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2011). Infection by these parasites is frequently asymptomatic and is thus rarely diagnosed at early exposure. Persistent infection can cause severe cancer complications. Until now, the cellular and molecular mechanisms linking fluke infections to cancer formation have yet to be defined, although many studies have focused on these mechanisms in recent years, and numerous findings were made in various aspects of parasite-associated cancers. Herein, we only introduce the fluke-induced cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) and bladder carcinoma and mainly focus on key findings in the last 5 years. |
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