Known cancer-causing pathogens: the tip of the iceberg?
At the end of the 19th century the Scottish pathologist William Russell published an article in The Lancet titled ‘The Parasite of Cancer’ [The Lancet 1899; 3984: 1138-1141]. The response by the physicians of the day ranged from scepticism to sheer disbelief, largely because cancer is considered to be a non-communicable disease. With the exception […]
