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A member asked:
My mom just found out a lesion on her arm is squamous cell skin cancer-- she was holding my newborn and he came in contact.can he get it from her?
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No: Squamous cell cancers are not contagious. Your baby will be fine!
Answered 8/21/2014
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No: Cancer is not contagious. Your baby will be just fine. But see to it that your Mom gets immediate treatment, staring with surgical removal of the lesion.
Answered 8/22/2014
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