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[Is cancer a transmittable disease?].

Gaceta medica de Mexico - 1 Jan 2000

Meléndez-Zajgla Jorge, Maldonado Vilma

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A direct, horizontal and natural transmission of neoplasic cells has only recently been accepted by the biomedical community. There are three known examples in mammals: the Tasmanian Devil Tumor Disease, the Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor and a similar disease in Sirian Hamsters. These diseases are not anecdotic cases only, but provide support for the cancer clonal evolution hypothesis.

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PMID: 17969847

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