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What is the relationship between infectious diseases and cancer?
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∙ 11y ago
No, cancer isn't infectious, although if it is malignant it can spread to other parts of your body. It is, however, not infectious to other people or animal.
Ah that's not actually true, Genital human papillomavirus (also called HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI). Is also an infectious desease. There are more than 40 HPV types that can infect the genital areas of males and females. These HPV types can also infect the mouth and throat. Most people who become infected with HPV do not even know they have it. HPV types can cause Cervical cancer. These types can also cause other, less common but serious cancers, including cancers of the vulva, vagina, penis, anus, and head and neck (tongue, tonsils and throat).
The types of HPV that can cause genital warts are not the same as the types that can cause cancer. There is no way to know which people who get HPV will go on to develop cancer or other health problems.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoIn some cases there is a clear link between specific infectious diseases and specific cancers. In others we suspect a link but it has not been proved. Most infections do not cause cancers and most cancers do not appear to be caused by infections.
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∙ 9y agoA few types of cancer are caused by pathogens. These include hepatitis B and HPV. But most cancers aren't caused by infectious agents, and cancer itself isn't contagious.
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∙ 10y agoits not
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What are similarities between infectious and noninfectious diseases?
infectious diseases involve a causative organism, from groups such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and such. Noninfectious diseases are not caused by a specific infectious organism. You get an infective disease from a bacteria or a virus or even a fungus. Other diseases are not caused by these but by other things. For example: cancer.
What are types of non infectious disease?
Cancer, diabetes, hypertension are few non infectious diseases. These diseases are not transferred from one person to other person.
What are three non infectious diseases?
Cancer, Asthma, High blood pressure.
What are examples of noncommunicable disease?
Communicable means spreadbale. I.e. bacteria and viurses are 'Infectious Diseases' and can therefore spread between people. Non 'spreadble' diseases are things like cancer, Asthma, Pagets disease, ulcerative colitis.. the list is practically endless. False
Is lung cancer caused by smoking a infectious disease?
No. Cancers are not communicable diseases- they are specific to the patient. You cannot 'catch' cancer by contact with an infected person.
Pathology is the study of?
Abnormal conditions within the tissues of an organism. This can range from infectious diseases to cancer to degenerative issues.
What are the most dangerous infectious diseases?
fishes because they are focusing on one thing the bate like the exocytosis.
What are ten uncontrollable infectious diseases?
There are currently no uncontrollable infectious diseases. Any infectious disease that is known about currently, is know how to stop the spread of it.
How is a non infectious disease different from a infectious disease?
Infectious diseases are those diseases which are caused by infectious agents (which include microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, protozoa and virus, as well as some multicellular animals such as worms) and hence they are the ones which can spread from one person to another. Non-infectious diseases are those diseases that are not caused by infectious agents and do not spread from one person to another.
What types of doctors are trying to find the cures for cancer AIDS and other diseases?
Cancer: Oncologists HIV/AIDS: Infectious Disease Specialist / Immunologist /Related Specialists Researchers, Doctors, Scientists in the fields of Pathogenesis / Immunology / and Infectious Disease
What does neoplasm have to do with infectious diseases?
A few infectious agents -- notably human papillomavirus and hepatitis B virus -- are associated with neoplasm. In addition, some infections, like HIV, can predispose to cancer.
What is non infectious diseases?
A non infectious diseases can not be transmitted to other humans. Non-infectious diseases are those diseases that are not caused by a pathogen and cannot be shared from one person to another. Diseases caused by these organisms are infectious diseases. There are many kinds of non-infectious diseases. A non-infectious disease is a disease that may be caused by either the environment, nutritional deficiencies or genetic inheritances. Some examples include; Environmental causes such as skin cancer from radiation (from the Sun), or lack of food (e.g. scurvy from lack of Vitamin C), genetic disorders, or any source other than an infection. They can also be caused by drugs and carcinogens (cancer-causing agents). Non-infectious diseases cannot be spread from person to person as in infectious disease, but can be passed down genetically in some cases such as hemophilia in the royal blood line. Historically, infectious diseases were the main cause of death in the world and, indeed, in some developing regions this may still be the case. With the development of antibiotics and vaccination programs, infectious disease is no longer the leading cause of death in the western world. Non-infectious disease is now responsible for the leading causes of death in both developed and some developing countries. There Hope Your Happy :D
