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10 Conditions You Didn’t Know Were Contagious

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Breast Cancer

Though you can’t get breast cancer from hugging someone with the disease, there is evidence to suggest that this condition is transmissible through organ donation.

In fact, one 2018 case report published in the American Journal of Transplantation highlights how four individuals who received the kidneys, lungs, and liver of a single donor all developed breast cancer anywhere from six to 16 years after undergoing their respective organ transplants.

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