April 26th, 2007 by Shikha
Cancer itself is not contagious so it cannot spread from one person to another.It is absolutely fine to touch and spend time with someone who has it.However,certain contagious viruses like human papillomavirus (HPV) and hepatitis C can lead to the development of cancer.HPV is a sexually transmitted disease which can cause cervical cancer and hepatitis C which gets transmitted through sexual intercourse can cause liver cancer.
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January 28th, 2007 by Shikha
Rumours have long existed that piercing of nipples cause breast cancer, however no scientific link has been established between the two.
That said, it should be noted that if piercing is not done by professionals there can be several problems like infections, damage (sometimes permanent) to duct leading to problems in breast feeding, etc.
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January 28th, 2007 by Shikha
The shortest answer is, ‘Not Really’.
Occurrence of breast cancer, or any other condition for that part, is extremely hard to trace back to one single factor, often there are several factors at work in each case. Deodorants / antiperspirants have long been rumoured to cause cancer of the breast but there have been no studies so far which have either proved or disproved this.
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