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I read "are there any transmissible cancers in humans?" in the context as referring to cancers that are themselves transmissible like devil facial tumor disease
by laurencerowe 5y ago
I read "are there any transmissible cancers in humans?" in the context as referring to cancers that are themselves transmissible like devil facial tumor disease. (It appears every result in the first few pages of a Google search for the term "transmissible cancer" refers to transmission of cancer cells themselves, not cancers caused by infectious agents.)
- thaumasiotes 5y agoThe context explicitly distinguishes "transmissible cancers" from "non-viral transmissible cancers". That's only possible when "transmissible cancers" includes cancers that are transmitted by viruses.
- StavrosK 5y agoI can see both sides of this, though as a data point I also read it as "viral or otherwise".