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Thanks, Jeff ! Very good arcticle
I found this
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Taken together, studies show that cells most often remain dormant until the immune system is somehow disrupted, altering the balance enough for the cells to safely awaken. These changes can be associated with injury or disease, with research in recent years linking cellular damage¹3 and COVID-19 and influenza¹4 infections with the emergence of dormancy. Aging, fibrosis¹⁵ , chronic stress, or lifestyle factors can also contribute to awakening.
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This is the key, as I understand it, that you need less stress and a strong immune system.
But flu can make wake up cancer cells ...f......
I think it wouldn't hurt to discuss this article as a separate thread. Something like "What Possibly Affects Cancer Recurrence?
Thank you again!
Replies to "@jeffmarc Thanks, Jeff ! Very good arcticle I found this ---------------------------------- Taken together, studies show that..."
@denis76 My own father was exposed to asbestos continuously throughout his career in construction and shipbuilding.
Every time he had a chest Xray, the doctor would shake his head and ask my father to blow into a balloon; he usually blew until it exploded. Never, ever had symptoms of disease…
Fast forward to a double knee replacement done with a spinal ONLY since his lungs were deemed too ‘risky’ for general anesthesia. Can you even imagine this??! He also required 4 units of hospital blood, even though he had autodonated 4 of his own.
Weeks into his recovery he developed what his surgeon (the orthopedist for the NY Jets and Yankees) called a ‘kennel cough’. Well that progressed into full blown coughing fits and shortness of breath. Biopsy confirmed presence of extensive mesothelioma. He was dead, his spinal cord severed by the cancer, in 6 months…
Don’t tell me that this deadly cancer just suddenly grew; it was lying there dormant for years, viewable on Xray. His body fought or contained it somehow but that horrible operation - that incredible trauma and units of donor blood messed up his immune system entirely.
That cancer ‘knew’ it was time to party and those cells did in 6 months what they couldn’t do in a lifetime.
Wish I could know the exact mechanisms involved but that will remain a mystery. I do know, however, that in our lives health and disease are in a precarious balance and it can tip either way, at any time. Best,
Phil
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I was thinking the same thing. Will probably post it in a little while.