 [ Symptoms ] is cancer a virus is cancer a virus in other words if i am having intercourse with someone who has hep c and has developed cancer of the liver and now the cancer is on the move can i get it [ Disease ] liver cancer is a complication of hepatitis c hepatitis c is a virus and can be transmitted but cancer is not really a virus certain cancer types can be caused by a virus another example would be the hpv virus causing cervical cancer it would be possible to get hepatitis from another person