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S there a risk of human cancer after consuming an animal who had had cancer?
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No: Ingestion of a tumor in an animal has not been shown to b a means of spreading cancer. While some rare cancers develop from infectious means in the form of viruses or prions, the spread of such a infectious component can cause indirectly development of some cancers. Ingesting an animal that is infected could in theory cause a cancer but this would be very unusual and unlikely.
Answered 5/30/2013
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