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By sidhant | Jan 02, 2008

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is blood cancer communicable

i kissed a girl a few days ago on the lips and she told me today that she has blood cancer. Is it a communicable disease? im really getting worried so please help me out.

Tags: blood cancer, Cervical Cancer, gynecological cancer

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Fernando Roque, MD

Jan 02, 2008

To: sidhant

Hi. Blood cancer, and most cancers for that matter, are not communicable diseases. Only certain cancers, such as cervical cancer, are caused by a microbe (usually viruses). Even in these cases, it is not the cancer itself which is transmitted from one person to another, but the virus.

shubham_jaiswal2013

Apr 04, 2013

Is breathing and living,caring of a patient who is suffering from blood cancer can make healthy people also suffer from blood cancer ......

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