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Cancer is not contagious

Some patients fear spreading the disease, but cancer cells cannot trick another body's immune system

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A patient asked me: "Will I spread it to my family?"

Given the attention the coronavirus pandemic has attracted of late, you would likely think I was attending to a Covid-19 patient.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 07, 2020, with the headline Cancer is not contagious. Subscribe