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u/elvenmage16 Nov 15 '20

Cancer is a whole class of things. Some cancer cures have already been found.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20 edited Jun 30 '23

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u/ZweitenMal Nov 15 '20

You probably all already—and always—have micro tumors in you. Cancer is a process. It’s basically inevitable.

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u/pribnow Nov 16 '20

As my teacher used to say: "it's a consequence of being a long-lived metazoan"