Submitted by Sorin61 t3_z563cl in technology
nathiyadl t1_ixw98z6 wrote
Mutation here we come
tarheel0509 t1_ixwvtec wrote
Cancers don’t spread from person to person so it doesn’t matter
GWtech t1_ixycvke wrote
Actually there are several cancers that are viral based. One of the most well-known ones afflicted AIDS patients who after they got the AIDS virus ended up getting very noticeable distinctive unusual skin cancers called some kind of sarcoma. I forget what it was. When AIDS was first happening in the 1990s I remember very well the discussions that this caused a cancer that was contagious and it was the first known type of cancer that was contagious. Now you don't need to tell me that the cancer wasn't directly caused by the virus. I know that. The virus reduced your immune system which left your body open to the cancer. Nonetheless the cancer itself was contagious because of a virus.
The other contagious cancer I know of is the well-known cancer that young girls are being told to get vaccinated against. It's the uterine cancer caused by that HPV virus.
A_Shadow t1_ixwudba wrote
That's going to be the case with any cancer treatment with the possible exception of high intensity chemotherapy.
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