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Infectious Agents Associated Cancers: Epidemiology and Molecular Biology

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Attention for Chapter 12: Parasite-Associated Cancers (Blood Flukes/Liver Flukes)
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Chapter title
Parasite-Associated Cancers (Blood Flukes/Liver Flukes)
Chapter number 12
Book title
Infectious Agents Associated Cancers: Epidemiology and Molecular Biology
Published in
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2017
DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-5765-6_12
Pubmed ID
Book ISBNs
978-9-81-105764-9, 978-9-81-105765-6
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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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 31 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 4 13%
Other 3 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 10%
Student > Master 3 10%
Researcher 2 6%
Other 3 10%
Unknown 13 42%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 6 19%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 16%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 6%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 2 6%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 12 39%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 March 2022.
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#7,180,360
of 23,426,104 outputs
Outputs from Advances in experimental medicine and biology
#1,135
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Outputs of similar age
#131,979
of 423,373 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Advances in experimental medicine and biology
#107
of 490 outputs
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