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I'm just wondering, if you have primary bone cancer, can you still donate organs?
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No: Cancer patients can not be good organ donors as their body organs often have cancer cells floating around..
Answered 8/9/2013
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A good question: This question is tricky! for instance, if you die from metastatic cancer that would preclude you from donating organs. However, if you have a very distant history of bone cancer say at age 10 and you get in a motorcycle accident at age 40 it is possible that you could donate.
Answered 9/11/2013
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