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Cancer is not an infectious disease.

• jjtheblunt 4y ago
  some cancers can be triggered by infectious pathogens though (HPV, some leukemias / lymphomas)
  • gpderetta 4y ago
    Also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonally_transmissible_cancer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonally_transmissible_cance... But not terribly relevant for humans.
• gpderetta 4y ago
  Tell that to Tasmanian devils!