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by alexey-salmin 637 days ago
> 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.