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If I recall correctly, viral infections can cause remission of cancer. It somehow redirects the immune system to cancer cells.
by 0-_-0 6y ago
If I recall correctly, viral infections can cause remission of cancer. It somehow redirects the immune system to cancer cells.
- phkahler 6y agoIn other cases, viral infections infect and kill cancer cells.
- KraftKacke 6y agoFever may be an important factor. IIRC statistically people who had one severe fever in their life, have a lower incidence of cancer. I think the double edged blade here is not the anti-viral response, but autoimmune reactions, which are excerbrated by tissue destruction and an overall activated immune system. Cancer needs to gain immune cloaking and a viral infection may present the misbehaving cells by chance.