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Is Cancer Contagious?

Contents
  1. Discussion about contagion of Cancer
  2. About contagion and contagiousness of Cancer
  3. Cancer: Introduction

Discussion about Contagion of Cancer:

And although being infected with certain viruses may increase the risk of some types of cancer, cancer is not contagious; no one can "catch" cancer from another person. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Cancer - An Overview: NCI)

About contagion and contagiousness:

Contagion and contagiousness refers to how easily the spread of Cancer is possible from one person to another. Other words for contagion include "infection", "infectiousness", "transmission" or "transmissability". Contagiousness has nothing to do with genetics or inheriting diseases from parents. For an overview of contagion, see Introduction to Contagion.


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