Scientists have reason to believe that cancer may never be truly eradicated because, despite the billions of dollars that have already been invested into the countless research and testing projects worldwide, a new study suggests that this disease is incurable and could be here to stay because it's structure has already become too highly involved.
Evolutionary biologists have found naturally occurring tumors in aquatic animals that first developed hundreds of years ago, and they say that this discovery indicates how cancer is a part of our evolutionary development. The study demonstrates how human cells have the intrinsic ability to develop cancer, and also how the disease has evolved over millions of years. Lead researcher, Prof. Thomas Bosch, said that, " Cancer is as old as multicellular life on earth and will probably never be completely eradicated... The invasive characteristic of cancer cells is also an evolutionary old feature."
However, these researchers from the Kiel University in Germany and the Catholic University of Croatia say that they pursued the study in an effort to establish solid evidence of how these animals were able to survive the tumors. Information that, they believe, will give them a deeper understanding about the root of cancer. They say that this piece of information, and all the other insights into the disease that previous studies have provided, can give the scientists of today the best chance of fighting cancer.
Prof. Bosch concluded his statements by inferring that, "Our study makes it unlikely that the war on cancer claim in the 1970s can ever be won. Cancer cells have deep evolutionary roots. Any crucial cell in your body can make a mistake. You carry a time in your body when you're boring. It can explode early in life, or middle age, or later. That doesn't mean that, with the patient who develops cancer, there's nothing you can do. Medical technology will allow artists early time points, at least in some cases, to successfully treat and clean the patient completely and forever troublemaking selves. Knowing your enemy from its origins is the best way to fight it, and with many battles."