Can esophagus cancer infect

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My friend's relatives were recently found to have esophageal cancer. I heard that this disease is contagious. I don't know if it's true. My friend is also very afraid of being infected with this disease. After all, it's a kind of cancer. Let me tell you whether esophageal cancer is contagious.

Can esophagus cancer infect

First, infection is the transmission of a disease from one person to another through a certain way. There are three conditions for infection: source of infection, route of transmission and susceptible population. Clinical data show that cancer patients themselves are not the source of infection.

Second: experts have done such experiments, cancer tissue taken from cancer patients, directly planted on another person, can not survive and grow. Although it is believed that the occurrence of some cancers is related to some viruses, such as cervical cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma and leukemia, up to now, it has not been confirmed that if you are infected with some viruses, you must have a certain kind of cancer.

Third: at present, the world health organization does not list cancer as an infectious disease, nor does it take isolation measures like infectious diseases to treat cancer patients. The incidence rate of cancer among medical staff in tumor hospitals is not higher than that of the general population. After repeated observation and examination, there was no infectious phenomenon.

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Esophageal cancer is not infectious, because it does not have the source of infection. Patients can rest assured that esophageal cancer will not be infectious. Therefore, they do not have to worry about being infected with the patient's life. In addition, they should give enough care to the patient.