12 Infections Linked to 1 in 8 Cancer Cases Worldwide, Lancet Study Finds
By Fatima Raza · Health Desk · Updated October 15, 2026 One in every eight cancers diagnosed in the world last year was linked to an infection. A landmark analysis by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), published in The Lancet Oncology, found that 12 infectious agents classified as Group…