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No, you can not get cancer from another individual.

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What if cancer is caused by a virus? Can it be contagious if caused by virus?
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There is no evidence that cancer can be transmitted from person to person. However, there have been instances where a cancer patient donated an organ and that person developed cancer.

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no cancer is not an infectious disease. it does not spread by touching and any other contact.

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No, it is not.

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No.

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It isn't

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