EPISODE · Aug 9, 2026 · 14 MIN
We Thought Cancer Was Uncontagious. We Were Wrong
from CurioVerse · host Panda Fury
A tapeworm developed cancer inside a man's body and then transmitted the deadly disease directly to him. Doctors believed the tumors spreading to his lungs and lymph nodes were human cancer, until genetic testing revealed the cells belonged to a parasite living inside his body.
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