The fact that cancer can be contagious has been talked regarding since the middle of the 19th century. But truly infectious oncology is currently known only in the animal kingdom – in dogs, bivalves and Tasmanian devils (the population of the latter, by the way, the disease has almost destroyed). By close contact with each other, these individuals can transfer tumor cells to each other.
Among humans, cancer does not spread in this way. It is impossible to catch oncology through food, sex, kisses. Cancer cells will not take root even if they are forcibly transplanted into a healthy person.
But! There are viruses that help develop chronic inflammation, especially in immunocompromised people. And this inflammation, in turn, is an excellent environment for the uncontrolled division of cancer cells. What viruses are we talking regarding, and what types of oncology do they provoke, journalists Psychologies asked the oncologist.
