Oncogenic Retroviruses

In this article is compiled the current knowledge about oncogenic retroviruses. Cancer is a disease that affects millions of people around the world. The findings of the researches indicate that viral factors cause cancer. Viral factors associated with cancer leads to uncontrolled and abnormal growth of cells by their oncogenesis mechanisms. Cancer viruses can be found in both the DNA and RNA viruses. All RNA tumor viruses are located in retroviruses family.