Comment on Cancers can be detected in bloodstream three years prior to diagnosis
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoThat makes sense if I’m understanding you correctly. You might have cancerous cells, but it’s not actually cancer.
Comment on Cancers can be detected in bloodstream three years prior to diagnosis
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoThat makes sense if I’m understanding you correctly. You might have cancerous cells, but it’s not actually cancer.
catloaf@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Right. Like you might walk by someone with a cold, and inhale a small number of their virus particles. But your immune system can handle that. If you spend a lot of time with them face-to-face, the virus gets a foothold (because of inhaling more viruses, this part isn’t a perfect metaphor) and starts multiplying, it can overwhelm the first line of defense and become an infection.