A 32-year-old female asked:
can you get cancer from 0.3 forcep sticking u through double gloves in an or if patient had cancer? may have had tiny amount of blood, i didn't bleed
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Dr. Matt Wachsman answered
36 years experience Internal Medicine
No: it is foreign tissue. Transplantataion is not easy because foreign tissue is highly attacked by the immune system.
Answered on Apr 13, 2016
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