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The patient also had HIV, which explains why the cells were able to multiply.
by nshepperd 11y ago
The patient also had HIV, which explains why the cells were able to multiply.
- pygy_ 11y agoIndeed, that definitely helped (I didn't read TFA). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonally_transmissible_cancer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonally_transmissible_cancer has other interesting examples, including the case of a surgeon who caught his patient's cancer after getting injured during the surgery.