Mei Lei Huang

Cancer’s New Battleground: Infectious diseases a leading cancer cause

Health & Medicine

It’s easy to think cancer’s a result of bad habits — or bad luck. And in a way, the bad luck part is true. But it goes beyond that. Infectious diseases, things prevented or quickly treated in the developing world, are a major cause of cancers, and cancer deaths, in the developing world.

A young Burkitt's lymphoma patient.

Part IV: The Infectious Connection

Health & Medicine