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. 2019 Nov 14;1:25. Originally published 2018 Sep 25. [Version 5] doi: 10.12688/aasopenres.12910.5

Table 7. Attributable fraction (AF) and estimated number of cancers attributable to infectious agents in KNH/MTRH from 2008–2012.

Infectious
agent
Cancer site ICD-0 code AF% No. of cancer
cases KNH
No. of cancer
cases attributable
to infections KNH
No. of cancer
cases MTRH
No. of cancer
cases
attributable
to infections
MTRH
No. of cancer
cases
attributable
to infections
KNH&MTRH
Female
HPV Cervix C53 100 62 62 41 41 103
Vulva C51 40 2 1 3 1 2
Vagina C52 78 1 1 0 0 1
Anus C21 88 2 2 0 0 2
Oropharynx C10 31 0 0 0 0 0
Schistosoma Bladder C67 41 2 1 1 0 1
HBV/HCV Liver C22.0 71 5 4 3 2 6
EBV Nasopharynx C11 96 5 5 3 3 8
HL C81 74 3 2 7 5 7
H. pylori Stomach C16 89 15 13 10 9 22
EBV/HIV NHL C82-85,C96 100 6 6 15 15 21
HIV/HHV8 KS C46 100 1 1 38 38 39
O. viverrini
C. sinensis
Bile duct C22.1 * 1 ** 2 **
Total (% female cancers) 105(35.0%) 98 (32.7%) 123(43.6%) 114 (40.4%) 212 (36.4%)
Male
HPV Penis C60 50 0 0 2 1 1
Anus C21 88 3 3 4 4 7
EBV Oropharynx C10 31 0 0 0 0 0
Schistosoma Bladder C67 41 5 2 1 0 2
HBV/HCV Liver C22.0 71 5 4 13 9 13
EBV Nasopharynx C11 96 12 12 8 8 20
HL C81 74 2 1 7 5 6
H. pylori Stomach C16 89 11 10 5 4 14
EBV/HIV NHL C82-85,C96 100 7 7 22 22 29
HIV/HHV8 KS C46 100 1 1 55 55 56
O. viverrini
C. sinensis
Bile duct C22.1 * 3 ** 1 ** 0
Total (% of male cancers) 49
24.5%
40
20%
118
54.1%
108
49.5%
148
(35.41%)
Total (% of cancers in both sexes) 154
30.8%
138
27.6%
241
48.2%
222
44.4%
360
36%

Over the 5-year period the total number of cases sampled in each hospital were 500. KNH had 300 female and 200 male cases while MTRH had 282 female and 218 male cases. *AF not available, ** Not possible to estimate without AF,