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Is cancer contagious?
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No: None of the common cancers is more common in the husbands / wives of those affected. This settles it.
Answered 9/15/2012
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No: Cancer cannot be directly transmitted from one person to another. However, a few cancers are thought to develop due to viral infections, especially cervical cancer (associated with human papilloma virus or hpv).
Answered 3/22/2020
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