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Because many viral hepatitis are contagious, many people are worried about one question: Is liver cancer contagious? The following is a detailed answer to the question of whether liver cancer is contagious.

Is liver cancer contagious?

After the hepatitis B virus (HBV) invades the liver, it replicates in large quantities, infects liver cells, causes the body's immune response, forms local inflammation and necrosis, and causes liver damage. On the basis of viral hepatitis, cirrhosis is more likely to occur, and further develops into liver cancer. The so-called transmission, in simple terms, is the transmission of a disease from one person to another through some means. Transmission must meet three conditions: the source of infection, the route of transmission, and the susceptible population. None of the three can be missing. Clinical data proves that cancer patients themselves are not the source of infection.

According to current research results, it can be said with certainty that cancer is not contagious. Medical staff who take care of liver cancer patients have long-term contact with patients, but they have not been found to have a higher incidence of cancer than the general population. These facts show that liver cancer is not contagious. Therefore, to this day, all hospitals do not adopt an isolation system for liver cancer patients.

Liver cancer is not contagious, so we should not look at liver cancer or any other cancer patients with disgust. Liver cancer patients themselves should not have psychological burdens and should cooperate with treatment actively and optimistically.

As relatives of liver cancer patients, we must respect them, accompany them through difficult times, help them build confidence in defeating liver cancer, not discriminate against them, and take good care of the patients' daily lives. We must not listen to rumors from others about the transmission of liver cancer, because daily contact with patients will not transmit liver cancer. So we advise everyone that if family members or friends have cancer, don't worry about transmission, but spend more time with them and give them warmth and love.