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Cancer as a contagious disease

There are at least 2 known types of cancer that are contagious:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitic_cancer
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Re: Cancer as a contagious disease

As the good old Wiki article points out, neither of these DIRECTLY
infectious cancers are Human.

I thought that, in general Cancers were regarded as a good example of MULTIPLE CAUSALITY, in that most have no single attributal cause, but many assosciations apparent from statistical evidence.

There are comparitively recent examples where single cases of overwhelming evidence emerges from statistical evidence. Smoking and lung cancer? Strong evidence that smoking leads to lung cancer, but not all smokers get lung cancer, and some non smokers do.

Similarly Cervical Cancer - strongly assosciated with HPV - but not all HPV sufferers get Cervical Cancer, and some people get Cervical Cancer without HPV.

I do not think we have ANY human cancer with a direct and exclusive cause, let alone an infectious one.
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Re: Cancer as a contagious disease

Well... Hepatocellar carcinoma, except for the fibrolamellar variety, is caused by liver disease, usually hepatitis. So technically, the cause is often contagious. Same goes for cervical cancer.
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Re: Cancer as a contagious disease

Well... Hepatocellar carcinoma, except for the fibrolamellar variety, is caused by liver disease, usually hepatitis. So technically, the cause is often contagious. Same goes for cervical cancer.



Again, not everyone who gets infectious Hepatitis goes on to get Liver cancer - in fact MOST don't. Others get Liver Cancer with no sign of infectious Liver disease. Infectious means that something is passed from one person to another, i.e. one person catches Liver or Cervical Cancer from another - this does not happen.

Again in the Liver case, Disease is only one of a number of trigger factors which include Alcohol/drug/chemical damage. The liver has to deal with the removal of all toxins we take in and therefore has to put up with a lot in the average lifetime.
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Re: Cancer as a contagious disease

The Cervical as much as the Liver cancer have such an elevated risk of being sourced by the known contagious virus, that the first has now been adopted in a number of countries' inoculation program (mentioned several times on these fora) and the latter can be obtained without issue. In fact, when going here to the Sanita Marittima, the cost is insignificant to get jabs for Hepa A/B. Anyone traveling, work / vacation, should get those.

The upcoming Dengue includes search for a Hepa C solution too.
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne, infectious, viral disease that is caused by a hepatotropic virus called Hepatitis C virus (HCV).[1] The infection can cause liver inflammation that is often asymptomatic, but ensuing chronic hepatitis can result later in cirrhosis (fibrotic scarring of the liver) and liver cancer.

3 percent of the world population is infected with Hepa C.
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Re: Cancer as a contagious disease

It is well worth getting vaccinated against Hepatitis A and B and HPV in their own right, and as contributary factors in the cancer story. Sensible Alcohol consumption is also a good idea, since alcohol abuse is a major factor in Liver Cirrosis, often leading to Cancer.

Hepatitis B carriers number between 3 and 6% of the global population, with as many as 1 in 3 exposed in some countries. It does kill in its own right. Most healthy people recover completely, eliminate the virus and become immune for life. Excepting blood transfusion, they are non infectious. A small number descend into a long term cronicity, with slow liver damage occuring, with infectivity. Some remain asymptomatic, but permanently infectious. Many countries have started vaccination programs and others offer it on demand.
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Re: Cancer as a contagious disease

What about Helicobacter pylori bacteria? Strongly associated with stomach cancer, and transferrable by kissing.
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Re: Cancer as a contagious disease

"a growing and highly respected community of researchers
in cancer and infectious diseases believes that
microorganisms-viruses, bacteria, and parasites-play a
significant role in cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and other
illnesses that are not traditionally regarded as infectious. "

Full article
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Re: Cancer as a contagious disease

There's a case where tapeworms can give you cancer http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015...ws&utm_content=202604
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Re: Cancer as a contagious disease

There are at least 2 known types of cancer that are contagious:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitic_cancer

Gee, look at the list of oncoviruses and cancer bacteria...OK, some can be sexually transmitted...but hey, some you can get from a kiss!

F word would be in order here!
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