Body Heal Thyself: Cancer

Cancer is a scary disease. Just about everybody you talk to has had a family member, friend, co-worker or even personally suffered from cancer. There has been intense research on this disease, and an interesting result has emerged: sometimes the body heals cancer all by itself. An article from the New York Times highlights the facts.

I have read another article in the recent past (though I can't remember where or the author) that stated that most people have cancer at least 6 times in their lives, and the majority of those cases self-resolve. A large number also do not self-resolve, based on cancer statistics. I am certainly not advocating that anybody forgo recommended screenings. Instead, I just wanted to call attention to an article that was interesting and hopeful.

No doubt there will be more research into those cases that do spontaneously resolve, with a goal of teasing out the variables that seem to facilitate endogenous extermination of cancer.

Labels: health

posted by Seth at Wednesday, October 28, 2009