WTF Is Cancer?🎗️

Morning Malignant!

We’ve all heard of the big C before…

C for CANCER!

Somehow, HALF of us are likely to get it in our lifetimes.

And 1 in 6 of us are likely to die from it…

But… what is Cancer exactly??

Well, look at Durds body:

Now zoom in…

Our bodies are made of trillions and trillions of tiny living cells.

And we produce new ones ALL THE TIME!

We're basically a cell factory.

As some of our cells die off due to getting all old and cranky, they are replaced by brand new cells thanks to a fancy process called cell division!

But there's a problem…

Sometimes these dividing cells can develop a genetic error.

And this “genetic error” can mean these cells don’t wanna stop dividing.

So they just keep multiplying…

And multiplying…

Eventually forming a giant lump of cells.

AKA a TUMOR.

Now, the thing about tumors is that they can grow pretty much anywhere in the body, as almost all of our cells can develop these genetic errors.

But, at any moment in your life, your body's natural defense mechanism, called the immune system, is hunting these corrupted cells down… killing them.

In fact, your body probably has some cancer right now… and oop, it's gone now.

Now it's back! … aaand it's gone again.

The trouble is, if these cells can avoid detection for just long enough and can continue to mutate and continue dividing, they can start growing into VERY large tumors.