Can lung cancer patients spread to people around them?

Lung cancer patients do not spread the disease to those around them, but they do have a familial predisposition.

Lung cancer is a malignant tumor. It is a malignant tumor caused by the combined effect of genetic defects and internal and external environmental carcinogenic factors, and there is no evidence that it is related to pathogen infection, that is to say, lung cancer is not an infectious disease, and there is no source of infection, transmission route or susceptible population. It is not contagious to others, either during life or after death. If the patient also has an infectious disease such as tuberculosis or bacterial pneumonia, the latter may be transmitted to others.

If someone in the family unfortunately suffers from lung cancer, other relatives, especially immediate family members, may become a high-risk group for cancer, so it is best to be vigilant and go to the hospital for cancer screening.

Special reminder: lung cancer is not an infectious disease, it is a genetic disease, which will only cause harm to the patient himself, and will not be transmitted to others. However, the psychological breakdown of lung cancer patients can easily affect the people around them, so family members and friends should encourage the patient to actively treat as much as possible, comfort and enlighten the patient, so as to reduce the mental burden of the patient as much as possible.