ONCOLOGIST SPEAKS: Cancer caused by viruses can be dealth with, and here is how

What you need to know:

  • Such viruses are many. They include Epstein bar Virus, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Hepatitis C and B, human Herpes Virus-8 and human T-Cell leukemia virus.
  • These have been established as the causative agents of human cancer. Though HIV does not directly cause cancer, its ability to destroy the immune system renders the body incapable of destroying these viruses.