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So does that mean that cancer is contagious among identical twins?

• moftz 7y ago
  I suppose it depends on their individual immune systems. If they didn't live in close contact, they may not share the same immune system. One may have a weaker immune system than the other making it possible for the cancer to spread easily one way but not the other.
• dcolkitt 7y ago
  Interesting question. I suppose so. I know identical twins can typically receive organ transplants from each other with complications. So theoretically they should be able to receive tumor transplants (which is what clonal transmissible cancer is).