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That seems rather grim that killing part of a tumor accelerated its outward growth. I wonder if cancers are considered on the continuum of life like viruses? Ou
by djmips 2y ago
That seems rather grim that killing part of a tumor accelerated its outward growth. I wonder if cancers are considered on the continuum of life like viruses? Our bodies are a bunch of individual cells that have been yoked together in a very complex way. Cancer seems to sometimes be an internal misguided revolution or throwback maybe.
- m3047 2y agoThere is a transmissible dog tumor which originated with handwave wolves. Apparently there are possibly others. (TIL!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canine_transmissible_venereal_tumor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canine_transmissible_venereal_...
- type0 2y agoIt's more akin to infinite loop since cells divide without appropriate boundaries. In cell division there's defined stages, normal cells should go into resting stage G0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G0_phase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G0_phase if they don't you have a tumour and when more checks and balances go awry that might lead to cancer