Is Cancer contagious ?
2007-10-23 12:43:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Not only is cancer not contagious, but it does not continue to grow after death. And no, they definitely do not have to be buried in an air-tight casket. No one, regardless of the cause of death, can be forced to be buried in a sealed casket, that is totally up to the family. Someone with AIDS can be buried in a non-sealing casket and vault, we have no say over that and neither does anyone else except the family. We may never even know the person had a contagious disease, that information is protected by the HIPAA Privacy Act and the hospitals and/or morgue is NOT required to inform us of ANY contagious disease.
2007-10-24 01:47:15 · answer #1 · answered by Reagan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cancer derives from cells. Cells only live on living organisms. Once a person dies, no oxygen gets to the cels, therefore all cells die.
2007-10-23 19:46:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not contagious. I have shaken hands with numerous folks with cancer and am just fine.
2007-10-24 03:30:22 · answer #3 · answered by Doxycycline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No absolutly not true unless the person had a airborne illness and even them once embalmed all germs are pretty much gone and definatly killed from the embalming fluid
2007-10-23 19:47:34 · answer #4 · answered by Mark F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋