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Why Do Some Cancers Cure Themselves?
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This video explores the rare phenomenon of spontaneous cancer remission, where tumors shrink or disappear without treatment. Learners will encounter medical and scientific vocabulary, including terms like 'chemotherapy,' 'immune system,' 'tumor,' and 'remission.' It's an excellent resource for practicing B1-level listening comprehension on health and biology topics.
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DownloadYour body is incredibly good at repairing itself.
A skinned knee quickly fades to just a memory.
And if you give that runny nose a few days of rest, you’ll be able to breathe through it again in no time.
But one big problem that your body often can’t fix is cancer.
Without treatment, cancer will keep growing nd spreading until it kills you.
Thankfully, we have many treatments -- chemotherapy and other treatments that have saved millions of lives.
These therapies are pretty much your only option for surviving deadly cancers.
However, there are a few cases where something truly remarkable happens.
Doctors have reported some rare instances of tumors shrinking or even disappearing without treatment.
Getting to the root of this medical marvel could help more cancer patients in the future.
That is, if we ever figure out what the heck is going on.
So here’s what we know about spontaneous remission.
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The idea that cancer might heal all by itself has been around for a long time.
The first mention of cancer pulling a vanishing act shows up in the Ebers papyrus around 1550 BCE.
And perhaps the most famous historical example dates back to the 13th century.
As the story goes, an Italian priest called Peregrine Laziosi had a tumor in his leg that required amputation.
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Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.
To make it easier for someone to do something by offering your services, resources, or support. It can involve physical effort, providing information, or giving money to assist a person or a cause.
An abnormal growth of body tissue that forms a mass or lump. It occurs when cells divide too much and can be either harmless (benign) or dangerous (malignant).
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