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[Labs]

As of monday, I am oficially cancer free (I think). I just finished radiation and I now have to go back for periodic checkups. I am the happiest guy on these forums right now!

[Lear]

Glad to hear it! =))

[Yanlin]

Incorrect. I just ate a muffin. I'm the happiest guy on these forums right now.

[Duke 2.0]

Incorrect. I just ate a muffin. I'm the happiest guy on these forums right now.

The creator of this thread is eating a muffin, cancer-free.

 But yes, congrats. Ugly situation to be involved with, cancer.

[Strife26]

Congrats.
I just bought $30 worth of root beer and bacon though.

[Leafsnail]

Good to hear it.  Here's to good health in future.

[LegoLord]

I've heard some interesting stuff about cancer recently.  Stuff about how it may be caused by a stem cell-related healing process going wrong, hence why cigarettes would cause lung cancer; extensive lung damage --> attempt to repair damage w/ stem cells --> process going wrong and making cancer.

There have been propositions that this may be used to manipulate cancer as crude stem cells to help repair body damage.

[Creamcorn]

What's cancer taste like?

[Ampersand]

I've heard some interesting stuff about cancer recently.  Stuff about how it may be caused by a stem cell-related healing process going wrong, hence why cigarettes would cause lung cancer; extensive lung damage --> attempt to repair damage w/ stem cells --> process going wrong and making cancer.

There have been propositions that this may be used to manipulate cancer as crude stem cells to help repair body damage.

Wait wat?

Do you think that Cancer didn't exit before stem cell treatment? Or are you saying that it's natural stem cell production happening in a flawed fashion?

Aside from that, the problems really come from Stem Cell 'treatment' by 'doctors' in 'clinics' if you catch my drift.

[Andir]

Do you think that Cancer didn't exit before stem cell treatment? Or are you saying that it's natural stem cell production happening in a flawed fashion?

Think he meant that it may be caused by our natural healing process gone wrong due to external interference (like chemicals in smoke) rather than research causing cancer...

[Idiom]

I am oficially cancer free

DON'T JINX IT.

Anyway. I've always heard, even from doctors, that your mood can greatly effect your health in very passive ways. Keep up your spirits and have a good rest of your life.

[LegoLord]

Do you think that Cancer didn't exit before stem cell treatment? Or are you saying that it's natural stem cell production happening in a flawed fashion?

Think he meant that it may be caused by our natural healing process gone wrong due to external interference (like chemicals in smoke) rather than research causing cancer...

Yes, precisely.  That's why I used cigarettes causing cancer as an example.

[Labs]

What's cancer taste like?

Like cheese.

[Virex]

Do you think that Cancer didn't exit before stem cell treatment? Or are you saying that it's natural stem cell production happening in a flawed fashion?

Think he meant that it may be caused by our natural healing process gone wrong due to external interference (like chemicals in smoke) rather than research causing cancer...

Yes, precisely.  That's why I used cigarettes causing cancer as an example.

Close, but no sigar (pun intended). It's true that cancer is essentialy "cells gone wrong", but they don't have to be repairing anything. They simply need to be able to multiply. Then if their genetic code is altered in such a way that they'll multiply in an uncontrolable fashion AND their suicide genes have been made unusable, then you´ve got yourself cancer. This is also the reason why skin cancer, lung cancer and intestine cancer are way more comon then brain cancer or heart cancer. Cells from the last two areas are nearly incapable of multiplying themselves, so even if their DNA takes enough damage, they won´t go on to become cancer.

[LegoLord]

Do you think that Cancer didn't exit before stem cell treatment? Or are you saying that it's natural stem cell production happening in a flawed fashion?

Think he meant that it may be caused by our natural healing process gone wrong due to external interference (like chemicals in smoke) rather than research causing cancer...

Yes, precisely.  That's why I used cigarettes causing cancer as an example.

Close, but no sigar (pun intended). It's true that cancer is essentialy "cells gone wrong", but they don't have to be repairing anything. They simply need to be able to multiply. Then if their genetic code is altered in such a way that they'll multiply in an uncontrolable fashion AND their suicide genes have been made unusable, then you´ve got yourself cancer. This is also the reason why skin cancer, lung cancer and intestine cancer are way more comon then brain cancer or heart cancer. Cells from the last two areas are nearly incapable of multiplying themselves, so even if their DNA takes enough damage, they won´t go on to become cancer.

I am not wrong for only listing one way to get cancer.  And most of the time, cells multiply to repair things, at least in the average American adult.  Growth is not common at that point.  See, lot of Americans don't do much in the way of exercise and just stay the same weight and shape.