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That cancer, now known as canine transmissible venereal tumour (CTVT), has since travelled across six continents, spreading from dog to dog by sex or close contact. It's a global parasite. It's also the oldest living cancer.
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The cancer isn't triggered by a virus, the way Human papillomavirus can prompt cervical cancer in people.

Instead, CTVT spreads between dogs by the transfer of cancerous cells themselves.

"It's like if you were to get a graft of different tissue or an organ transplant.

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