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Re:Tasmanian devils 'adapting to coexist with cancer'
by plzdont on Saturday March 30, 2019 @11:21AM
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As someone who barely survived esophageal cancer, I'm asking politely that you at least couch these kinds of comments with "I heard, but I'm not sure" or cite some reputable source.
Consider, for example, that my spouse was pretty desperate for a miracle. She would read unsourced speculation like this and sometimes get a bit of false hope. That's not the only harm this kind of commentary does either.
Re:Tasmanian devils 'adapting to coexist with cancer'
by Retric on Saturday March 30, 2019 @11:17AM
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That will idea will kill people. Don’t spread such crap.
Cancer is not you. It was you, but now it’s a different life form that’s eating you.
Re:Tasmanian devils 'adapting to coexist with cancer'
by Nasrudith on Saturday March 30, 2019 @10:22PM
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Even if it is 'you' technically 'you' that is deadly to the whole needs to be removed regardless for the sake of other 'you'. While interesting in a classification exercise the practicalities are the same regardless - a transplanted heart keeps you alive even if it isn't technically 'you' and came from another.
Re:Tasmanian devils 'adapting to coexist with cancer'
by Retric on Sunday March 31, 2019 @09:20AM
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The eating you part is what’s important in that statement. You can’t make friends with cancer long term, only kill it or have or kill you.
A broken leg gets healed, cancer dies.