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by adamredwoods 637 days ago
A common goal, but tumors mutate and bypass a lot of normal cell functions. Keep in mind that when dying cancer patients starve in the end, the tumors don't slow.

https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/study-unveils-new-way-starve...

https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2024/05/02/drug-shows...

https://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2023/01/30/starving-cancer...

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> Keep in mind that when dying cancer patients starve in the end, the tumors don't slow.

That's something I don't understand. If cancer cells grow faster then I suppose they should be more affected by the lack of nutrients. I know that this model is too simplistic to be true, but I don't know what exactly is missing from it.