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2015-09-01 05:51:18
Hi my girlfriend has brain cancer and I want it know do cancer spread from one person to other by having physical contact??
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Hi, cancer is an non-communicable disease it won't spread via physical contact or by any other routes.....

Answered2015-09-02 06:14:41

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