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Cancer virus

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Cancer virus refers to:

  • An oncovirus, a virus that can cause cancer.
  • Also generally the role of viruses in carcinogenesis.
  • On the other hand to an oncolytic virus, a virus that preferentially infects and lyses cancer cells.