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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 25 Apr 2019

      Holy hell, you are ignorant. The way cancer invades and manipulates host immunity resembles the way the resembles the way the placenta invades the wall of the uterus. This resemblance had been known for over a century. It's nothing controversial among cancer biologists.

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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 25 Apr 2019
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          Indeed, an old theory of cancer proposed by British embyologist John Beard in 1902 was the trophoblastic theory of cancer, based on the resemblance of cancer behavior to that of the trophoblast. It turned out not to be correct.

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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 25 Apr 2019
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          However, cancer does reactivate a number of pathways used in embryonic and fetal development in order to grow, evade the immune system, and grow a good supply for itself—very much like the fetus.

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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 25 Apr 2019
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          How many examples would you like? I'll stary with this review article.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6030113/ …

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        1. C. May‏ @Whatiwouldasaid 25 Apr 2019
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          Holy hell i think the slide said fetus not placenta DOCTOR.

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        1. Southern Rae‏ @jbrown0596 25 Apr 2019
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          Neither of the articles you cited refer to the fetus as a "legitimate parasite." While the research and articles you cited are awesome in their potential benefits, the only reason to use that term is to dehumanize the fetus.

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        1. Anders Eigen‏ @AndersEigen 25 Apr 2019
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          it appears that you're a credentialed ignoramus and given the glass house you're living in, you've got some chutzpah to be throwing those stonespic.twitter.com/81U0w3ZKDd

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        2.  ⭐Hoss ⭐‏ @wolfofelmst 25 Apr 2019
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          Except that a fetus is not a parasite and it positively affects the mothers immunity.

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        3. MegasaurusRex‏ @RexMegasaurus 26 Apr 2019
          Replying to @wolfofelmst @gorskon

          The point is that (mostly) the immune system doesn't attack the fetus and it also (mostly) doesn't attack cancer in a completely effective way. Studying them both is helpful for immunotherapy research.

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