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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?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

No: Squamous cell cancers are not contagious. Your baby will be fine!

Dr Jeffery agreed

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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