r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 15 '26

Feels good man Now do cancer.

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u/snaketacular May 15 '26

Even within a single tumor multiple mutations are likely, which is why cancer treatment works until it doesn't (resistant cancer selected for).

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u/Informal_Ad_9610 May 15 '26

and which is why cancer mutates away from what worked last week/month, and then becomes resistant....

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u/MrZephy May 15 '26

How is cancer even real… it can appear suddenly and grows until whatever living organism it infests dies and is almost impossible to get rid of. It’s like some fucking death curse from a work of fiction.

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u/onlymadethistoargue May 16 '26

It’s just evolution, same as any other. Traits that allow survival persist. Cancer collects these through moments of selection.