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I don't know if his story checks out, but I was intrigued by the idea of cancers going away on their own, as if they were a typical illness. It turns out, somet
by petercooper 12y ago
I don't know if his story checks out, but I was intrigued by the idea of cancers going away on their own, as if they were a typical illness. It turns out, sometimes they do: http://bigthink.com/videos/can-cancer-cure-itself-4 http://bigthink.com/videos/can-cancer-cure-itself-4 - and even weirder (to me), many cancers are self limited in nature and more harmful to treat than just leave in place: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/health/cancer-screening-may-be-more-popular-than-useful.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/health/cancer-screening-ma...
- eru 12y agoIsn't that what they call a benign tumour?
- XorNot 12y agoSeriously, cancer is not 1 disease.
- petercooper 12y agoHowever, benign tumors are not cancerous. While 'cancer' is often used interchangeably with 'tumor', I was referring to malignant tumors as it's common knowledge benign tumors can lay dormant. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/benigntumors.html http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/benigntumors.html
- thret 12y agoDoyle Brunson is one particularly famous person who had his cancer just vanish (this is mentioned in the intro to Super System 2). It does happen, either through initial mis-diagnoses or some other mechanism.
- refurb 12y agoThis actually happened to my grandfather. He had skin cancer (likely basal cell carcinoma). He was quite old and decided not to treat the cancer. It grew quite large, then scabbed over and fell off. The skin healed up and he was cancer free. Apparently it happens relatively often with some cancers.