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Cancer is a tough bitch to rid life of.
Natural Selection can't rid us of it either thanks to the "Natural Selection Shadow"
People who get cancer in their 50s and up are usually past breeding age so it can't be bred out as easily. Since they'll still be able to have children with that "die in your 50s and 60s gene".
Something like AIDS will be considerably easier to cure by comparison.
Here's a cool Vsauce video that kind of shows why cancer is hard to be rid of. But also mentions that technological advancements can certainly reduce the problem.
We may never cure cancer from humanity or life itself, because cancer comes back with help from celestial forces. Cancer is a near-literal space alien invasion basically. But you can still make it so cancer is curable for anyone that gets it as they get it. And make it easier to find out when they get it.
Natural Selection can't rid us of it either thanks to the "Natural Selection Shadow"
People who get cancer in their 50s and up are usually past breeding age so it can't be bred out as easily. Since they'll still be able to have children with that "die in your 50s and 60s gene".
Something like AIDS will be considerably easier to cure by comparison.
Here's a cool Vsauce video that kind of shows why cancer is hard to be rid of. But also mentions that technological advancements can certainly reduce the problem.
We may never cure cancer from humanity or life itself, because cancer comes back with help from celestial forces. Cancer is a near-literal space alien invasion basically. But you can still make it so cancer is curable for anyone that gets it as they get it. And make it easier to find out when they get it.