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Is melanoma transmissible?

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No: Cancer is not a contagious disease.

Dr Livingston and 5 doctors agreed

Answered 11/17/2018

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Not in the usual way: Although melanoma cannot be transmitted from person to person like an infection, it is possible for it to be transmitted vis organ transplants; patients have gotten melanoma from transplanted kidneys from people who had had melanoma previously.

Dr Latva agreed

Answered 12/31/2016

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