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An ironic treatment for cancer?

by Kurt
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A little ironic, but this looks interesting:

...researchers discovered that tobacco could potentially be used for cancer treatment. Before you pick up that box of Marlboros, know that it's actually a flowering tobacco plant named Nicotania alata, which isn't even the same species used to make cigarettes, that has magical, cancer-beating properties.

Surprise: Tobacco could eventually lead to new cancer treatment
  • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
    Could also explain why smoking a Maraghwana plant prepared leaves, is also effective, eventhough illegal in most countries.

    I know l spelt M.......... wrong Claude, too lazy to Google it! :rolleyes:


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  • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
    Here's ironic. Massive doses of radiation give you cancer and massive doses of radiation take it away.
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  • Profile picture of the author John D
    Yeah, well...the real treatment is in the prevention. There's really no need for new and "iffy" treatments when a highly nutritious diet, proper hydration with PURE water, and keeping your body at the proper pH will prevent cancer for a lifetime.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Cancer is created by a viral spreading of an error(or DAMAGE) in cells. The cells become noticed when the error impedes a known aspect of their function, or the growth is simply noticed. The viral spreading increases that error so it becomes debilitating or spreads to another type of cell that then has ITS function.

    The typical treatment of cancer, before it has spread elsewhere, is removal of the tissue. Since it is impossible to really spare it, or be sure that the removal doesn't leave cells behind, they often use another treatment. It's goal is to DAMAGE mostly cancerous cells enough to make them nonviable.

    SO, the basis of their creation is also the basis of their treatment.

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  • Profile picture of the author Sarevok
    Yeah I guess cancer is kind of like a programming glitch.

    No way to cure it once an instance has occurred...

    Only thing you can do is better optimize the ecology... For future instances (generations).
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    • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
      Originally Posted by travlinguy View Post

      Here's ironic. Massive doses of radiation give you cancer and massive doses of radiation take it away.
      Yeah, my Mother went through the whole thing, and l thought that it was a little insane to use the same stuff that atomic bombs produce to cure something?

      I suppose that is why the name it radiotherapy, sounds better than radiation therapy!


      But when someone has Cancer then it all boils down to predicted lifespan against reducing life span with all this, so called treatment!

      If you are 80+ they probably won't touch you, but 70 or younger the reduced life span, against surviving the Cancer, blah, blah!


      Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

      Cancer is created by a viral spreading of an error(or DAMAGE) in cells. The cells become noticed when the error impedes a known aspect of their function, or the growth is simply noticed. The viral spreading increases that error so it becomes debilitating or spreads to another type of cell that then has ITS function.

      The typical treatment of cancer, before it has spread elsewhere, is removal of the tissue. Since it is impossible to really spare it, or be sure that the removal doesn't leave cells behind, they often use another treatment. It's goal is to DAMAGE mostly cancerous cells enough to make them nonviable.

      SO, the basis of their creation is also the basis of their treatment.

      Steve
      Unfortunately if you have a melanoma that is Cancerous, then they tend to get the knife out and hack away!

      But by then the Cancer cells have already had a good 5 years to move around your body, so hacking seems like more for the patient and less for the illness!


      And in the meantime, people who spend their whole lives in direct sunlight get zilch!

      As always, diet, stress, and mental attitude play the biggest part in all illness! And Phar, company's saying that it is all genetic, and prescribing some drug that costs the same as a house doesn't help!

      Plenty of alternatives out there with impressive results, that won't bankrupt you, are available, and people can use, simple things to help themselves.


      I'd, better end it there, feel a sociopath rant coming on! :rolleyes:


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