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ISSN 2689-8268 | Volume 8
Cance , An Asocial En i y: Be ween Hope and I s Cu e
Edua do Domínguez-Adame1,2
1. Edi o ials
Cance is a g oup o diseases cha ac e ized by he exis ence o an
abno mal p oli e a ion o malignan cells. Wha gi es his cellula p o-
li e a ion i s malignan cha ac e is ic is i s abili y o in ade o gans and
issues and sp ead a om i s o igin.Since he ime o Hippoc a es [1]
and e en be o e, ancien [2]. G eek physicians clea ly unde s ood he
ways in which a malignan umo ca ies ou i s inexo able de e mina-
ion o des oy li e. Based on wha hei eyes and inge s pe cei ed, hey
ga e a e y speci ic name o he ha d umo s and ulce a ions ha hey so
equen ly saw in he b eas s, p o uding om he ec um o agina o
hei pa ien s. To dis inguish hese umo s om o dina y swellings, which
hey called oncos [3], hey used he e m ka kinos o “c ab.” Cen u ies
la e , “cance ,” he La in wo d o “c ab,” began o be commonly used.
Un il he middle o he 19 h cen u y, i was hough ha cance killed
s eal hily and silen ly. Today we know ha his is no he case because we
ha e disco e ed a di e en pe sonali y in ou old enemy when we see i
h ough he mic oscope o con empo a y science. Cance , a om being
a clandes ine enemy, is e ealed o be possessed o a malignan mu de -
ous exube ance. Sp eading om a cen al poin , he disease elen lessly
ca ies ou a sco ched ea h campaign in which no ules a e espec ed, no
o de s a e obeyed and all esis ance is annihila ed in an o gy o des uc-
ion. I s cells ac , i we do no emedy i , like membe s o a enzied ho de
o ba ba ians who, wi hou leade s and wi hou con ol, only pu sue a
single objec i e: o plunde e e y hing wi hin hei each. This is wha
doc o s and esea che s call au onomy. Cance is au onomous, i uns
ee. I is no con olled by he o ganism and i does no con ol i sel .
In he communi y o issues and o gans ha make up he human being,
he uncon ollable mob o cellula mis i s ha is cance beha es like a
gang o iolen eenage s (due o hei cellula imma u i y). They a e he
ju enile delinquen s o cellula socie y.A umo cell is one ha a some
poin has los i s capaci y o di e en ia ion, a e m we use o designa e
he p ocess ha cells go h ough o each a heal hy ma u i y. A ully ma-
u e cell o he in es inal epi helium, o example, abso bs nu ien s om
he in es inal ca i y much mo e e ec i ely han i ep oduces; a hy oid
cell ul ills i s unc ion by sec e ing ho mones, bu ends less o ep o-
duce han when i was young. The analogy wi h he social beha io o
he whole o an o ganism like ou s is una oidable.The de elopmen o
cance cells s ops a an age when hey a e s ill oo young o ha e lea ned
he no ms o he socie y in which hey li e. As wi h so many imma u e
indi iduals o all species, e e y hing hey do is exagge a ed and wi hou
ega d o he needs and limi a ions o hose a ound hem.Because hey a e
no ully de eloped, cance cells do no pa icipa e in some o he mo e
complex me abolic ac i i ies o ma u e, non-malignan issues. A cance
cell in he in es ine, o example, does no assis in diges ion as i s adul
coun e pa s do; he same is ue o almos all o he malignan umo s.
Malignan cells concen a e hei ene gies on ep oduc ion a he han on
he asks ha a issue mus pe o m o sus ain he li e o an o ganism.
The bas a d child en o hei o e ac i e (asexual) ep oduc ion lack he
esou ces o do any hing o he han cause ouble and cons i u e a bu den
on he indus ious communi y hey inhabi . Like hei pa en s, hey a e
ep oduce s, bu no p oduce s. As indi iduals hey cons i u e a dange o
he con o mis , balanced, and peace ul socie y ha cons i u es he human
body.Cance cells do no e en ha e he decency o die when hey mus .
All o na u e ecognizes dea h as he no mal s age o he no mal ma u -
a ion p ocess. Malignan cells do no each ha poin : hei longe i y is
no ini e.By no knowing and espec ing he ules o human biology, can-
ce isamo al. By no ha ing any o he goal han he des uc ion o li e,
cance isimmo al. These mis i eenage s u n hei ange on he socie y
(human body) o which hey a e a p oduc . They a e a s ee gang wi h
only one goal: o sp ead panic, des uc ion and sel -des uc ion. I no hing
o no one p e en s hem, hey des oy he neighbo hood ha suppo s
hem and, he e o e, hemsel es. Cance is asocial.Un il he beginning o
he 20 h cen u y, cance was synonymous wi h dea h. This is no longe
he case. We ha e known o some ime ha a la ge pa o cance s a e
p edisposed by gene ic ( amily), social and en i onmen al ac o s. We
can in luence p ima y p e en ion, ha is, in hose people p edisposed by
hei amily o socio-en i onmen al backg ound, ollow hem and con ol
hem o a oid i s de elopmen o in ea ly de ec ion i cance appea s.
Once cance is de ec ed, we ha e di e en medical-su gical a senals o
i s ea men , depending on he ype o umo , i s s age o de elopmen
and dissemina ion. These weapons a e su ge y, immuno he apy, chemo-
he apy and adio he apy; complemen a y and combined wi h each o he .
Today, in a signi ican pe cen age, we cu e cance . Cance can be cu ed
depending on he umo s age a he ime o diagnosis, he umo s ain,
he age and mo bidi ies o he pa ien . In hose ci cums ances whe e he
disease is in an ad anced s age, we can y o make i “ch onic”, o p o-
long human li e, which un il a ew yea s ago mean ce ain dea h in he
e y sho e m. In he 21s cen u y, when aced wi h cance , we can gi e
li e and a he same ime quali y o li e. The concep ualiza ion o cance
is changing. We know ha he solu ion lies in de ec ing isk g oups o
i s de elopmen and h ough immuno he apy o p e en i s appea ance.
The e o e, once his si ua ion is eached, he e will p obably be no cance .
In he scien i ic communi y, we a e clea ha in u u e gene a ions, e ms
such as su ge y, chemo he apy, adio he apy and pallia i e medicine will
be obsole e and his o ical wo ds in medicine ela ed o cance . This s a e-
men is no only a hope o a wish, bu is based on he de elopmen o
biological and medical science.
Re e ences
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3. Tsiompanou E, Ma ke os SG. Hippoc a es: imeless s ill. Jou nal o
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Ame ican Jou nal o Su ge y and Clinical Case Repo s
1Head o he Esophagogas ic, Me abolic and Ba ia ic Su ge y Uni . Vi gen Maca ena Uni e si y Hospi al, Spain
2Depa men o Su ge y. Uni e si y o Se ille, Spain
*Co esponding Au ho :
Edua do Domínguez-Adame, Head o he
Esophagogas ic, Me abolic and Ba ia ic Su -
ge y Uni . Vi gen Maca ena Uni e si y Hospi al,
Spain and Depa men o Su ge y. Uni e si y o
Se ille, Spain
Recei ed: 03 Ma 2025
Accep ed: 08 Ma 2025
Published: 14 Ma 2025
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