The Science of Cancer: The Corrupted Ecosystem Inside the Body
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
This episode explores Scientific American’s The Science of Cancer as a systems-level analysis of cancer, evolution, detection, treatment, and biological tradeoffs.
The discussion examines how tumors exploit the body’s own systems: wound healing, inflammation, stem cell renewal, immune regulation, and cellular adaptation. It also looks at why cancer screening can create institutional dilemmas when detection outpaces the ability to distinguish lethal disease from harmless biological anomalies.
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