Study finds viral link with cancer

LONDON - British scientists say today they have found more evidence that a virus could cause certain types of cancer

LONDON - British scientists say today they have found more evidence that a virus could cause certain types of cancer. They said cases of acute lymphocytic leukaemia (ALL), the biggest cause of leukaemia in children, clustered in the summer in their study of 4,200 people. The study is published in the British Journal of Cancer.

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