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Is skin cancer contagios?
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Rarely...: There are some germs that can play a role in the development of certain types of cancer. This may lead some people to wrongly think that “cancer is catching.” There have been some cases in which organ transplants from people with cancer cause cancer in the recipient. Also, some cancers can spread from the mother to the placenta, but most don't affect the fetus itself. (Ref: http://www.cancer.org)
Answered 10/7/2015
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Skin cancer: No, skin cancer is not contagious as such. Some viral infections predispose to skin cancer and they are contagious. That would include Human papilloma virus ( also causes cervical cancer), kaposi sarcoma associated herpes virus and HTLV type 1 virus .
Answered 9/28/2016
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