Should we now fear dying from worm cancer

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LITERATURE

(Malignant Transformation of Hymenolepis nana in a Human Host)

The patient died from the cancer that his worm had. Some of you will no doubt reference human cancers that are triggered by certain parasitic infection, but those are cancers of human, not worm, origin (referring to the cancerous cells).

Do you think that this is completely novel - the first time this has happened? Why or why not?
Should we now fear dying from worm cancer? Why or why not?
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