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If a man has prostate cancer, is it possible to infect his wife with cancer through his semen?

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No.. no way ...: there may be a few cancerous cells shed from the prostate into the semen but they will not cause any kind of cancer in the patients wife .... never happen ... no worries there

Answered 6/18/2014

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No: Cancer of the prostate is unrelated to the spread of cancer thru body fluids. It is possible that an uncircumsized male can pass the HPV virus for squamous Ca but not thru semen. Prostate cancer has been associated with the MMTV virus entering the Wnt-1 gene which also occurs with breast cancer. As such in families with breast cancer the incidence of prostate cancer in the husband is highr

Answered 6/3/2014

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