The first consistent observations that viruses could be associated with some types of cancer
where made almost a century ago. Since then researchers have spent a great deal of effort …

The study of cancer is incomplete without taking into consideration of tumorigenic viruses.
Initially, searches for human cancer viruses were fruitless despite an expansion of our …

To date, almost one and a half million cases of cancer are diagnosed every year in the US
and nearly 560,000 Americans are expected to die of cancer in the current year, more than …

The RNA and DNA tumor viruses have made fundamental contributions to two major areas
of cancer research. Viruses were vital, first, to the discovery and analysis of cellular growth …

Human viral oncogenesis is a complex phenomenon and a major contributor to the global
cancer burden. Several recent findings revealed cellular and molecular pathways that …

Introduction Although the idea that carcinogenesis might be caused by viruses was first
voiced about 100 years ago, today's data disappointingly show that we have not made much …

Seven kinds of virus collectively comprise an important cause of cancer, particularly in less
developed countries and for people with damaged immune systems. Discovered over the …

The first human tumor virus was discovered in the middle of the last century by Anthony
Epstein, Bert Achong and Yvonne Barr in African pediatric patients with Burkitt's lymphoma …

An estimated 15 percent of all human cancers worldwide may be attributed to viruses [1],
representing a significant portion of the global cancer burden. Both DNA and RNA viruses …

In the century since its inception, the field of tumor virology has provided groundbreaking
insights into the causes of human cancer. Peyton Rous founded this scientific field in 1911 …