Hepatitis C increases risk of developing head and neck cancers
People infected with Hepatitis C virus are at a greater risk of developing certain head and neck cancers, according to a study.
The new study demonstrates that hepatitis C patients are two to five times more prone to such cancers in comparison to normal persons.
The study done at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center revealed that the association of and oropharyngeal and nonoropharyngeal cancers is as high as its link to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
The findings showed that the risk of risk increased 2.4 times for oral cavity cancers, 2.04 times for oropharynx cancers, and 4.96 times for larynx cancers.
The study published in National Cancer Institute identified 34,545 MD Anderson patients who were tested for HCV between 2004 and 2014.
At the time of time all patients were tested for HCV antibodies and viral RNA tests were used to confirm chronic infection.

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