Question 1

is cancer contagious?

Accepted Answer

No: None of the common cancers is more common in the husbands / wives of those affected.  This settles it.

Question 2

i was wondering is cancer contagious between cats?

Accepted Answer

No: Cancer is not contagious disease.

Question 3

is cancer contagious if you work in a lab?

Accepted Answer

No: Cancer is not contagious.  Working in a lab may expose you to carcinogenic viruses, chemicals and radiation. You should take all of the recommended precautions to avoid exposure to carcinogens.

Question 4

is stomach cancer contagious?

Accepted Answer

No.: There is no evidence that stomach cancer is contagious.

Question 5

is pancreatic cancer contagious?

Accepted Answer

No.: No cancer is contagious.  Cancer does not spread from person-to-person like an infectious disease.  Some cancer risks can be inherited from one family member to the other, other cancers can be 'clustered' amongst people who live close to one another due to common cancer-causing agents, but it is never spread directly through contact.

Question 6

is breast cancer contagious?

Accepted Answer

No: Breast cancer may run in families, however, it is not contagious.

Question 7

is throat cancer contagious?

Accepted Answer

No: Some throat cancers are linked to HPV but unlike cancer of the cervix, the relationship is soft and nobody's recommending condoms for people who kiss. Most throat cancers have more to do with tobacco and to a lesser extent alcohol; the rare throat cancers are mostly related to nothing. Especially, don't avoid a person with throat cancer as a risk to you -- they're not.

Question 8

is skin cancer contagious especially the spot itself if u touch it?

Accepted Answer

No: Skin cancer is not contagious.

Question 9

is skin cancer contagious if u touch the skin area with the suspicious spot/lesion ?

Accepted Answer

NO: skin cancer is not contagious.

Question 10

is blood cancer contagious?are you at risk if you touch the blood of. blood cancer patient?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely not: Only a few rare leukemias are linked to viruses and there's no reason to think they are transmitted other than by intimate personal contact or transfusion.

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