No, cancer is NOT healing you in any way

Hyderabad: A social media user claimed that 'cancer is trying to heal, not kill'.

According to Mayoclinic, Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the world.

Cancer refers to any one of a large number of diseases characterized by the development of abnormal cells that divide uncontrollably and have the ability to infiltrate and destroy normal body tissue. Cancer often has the ability to spread throughout your body.

Fact Check

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Claim: A cancerous tumor is basically a bag the human body creates to collect toxins that are contaminating the bloodstream.

Fact Check: No. Cancerous tumors spread into, or invade, nearby tissues and can travel to distant places in the body to form new tumors (a process called metastasis). Cancerous tumors may also be called malignant tumors. Many cancers form solid tumors, but cancers of the blood, such as leukemias, generally do not.

So, basically, it’s moving all over your body cells and not taking all toxins and sacking them in a bag or tumor.

Claim: A biopsy only splits open the bag releasing the toxic matter back into the body.

Fact Check: According to Mayoclinic, a biopsy is a procedure to remove a piece of tissue or a sample of cells from your body so that it can be tested in a laboratory. “A biopsy can determine whether you have cancer or another condition. Imaging tests, such as CT scans or MRIs, are helpful in detecting masses or irregular tissue, but they alone can't tell the difference between cancerous cells and cells that aren't cancerous,” it said.

Claim: Radiotherapy causes the brain to go into shock which taxes the energy needed to break down the tumor.

Fact Check: “Radiation therapy aka radiotherapy, is a type of cancer treatment. This treatment uses beams of intense energy to kill cancer cells. They aim beams directly at the cancer while protecting healthy tissues from high doses of radiation.”

Claim: Chemotherapy poisons the whole body. It poisons the bloodstream which only makes the body create more tumors.

Fact Check: No, Chemotherapy is a drug treatment that uses powerful chemicals to kill fast-growing cells in your body.