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@doyourresearch
While what you say sounds interesting. There is one thing you missed about how prostate cancer propagates throughout the body..
Dorman cells are sent throughout the body before you were even diagnosed with prostate cancer. They can wake up when you are under stress and start the cancer over again.
These dormant cells are known as DTCs – Disseminated Tumor Cells. This is not the same as metastatic cancer cells which are actively growing and spreading. DTCs are like hibernating bears with a greatly reduced level of metabolism, just enough to keep themselves alive but under the radar of our immune system. They undergo a dramatic change in energy utilization by a process called autophagy, which literally means “self-eating.” This makes them immune to standard chemotherapy, which targets rapidly dividing cells.
Here is more information
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8wyq61jnnxl9g9cbmek5g/Dormant-cancer-cell-details.html
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@jeffmarc Thank you Jeff. I appreciate your input and will check into it. I've heard the term "autophagy", but am not that familiar with it, nor can I recall where I first heard the term. It still begs the question, what is wrong with our ecosystem that our bodies cannot achieve and maintain homeostasis? Are you familiar with the work of Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong? He has some interesting theories about Natural Killer cells (i.e., ALC - Absolute Lymphocyte Count - part of a standard Complete Blood Count blood test) and their role in combatting cancer. In my husband's 12 year prostate cancer journey, not one single care provider has even mentioned the immune system, let alone considered its importance in the dis-ease process. My faith informs that God did not create anything "under the radar of our immune system".