The Reason Why Cancer is so Hard to Beat
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why tf does this have 3 likes and 0 replies
Why does this have 6 likes and 1 reply
Because Gates is a megalomaniac eugenicist.
Gates Ventures is a wonderful establishment and the Gates Foundation is doing so much good in the world
Why can't you build h?
I am a cancer specialist and I approve of this story. The main thing I would suggest is that yes some immunotherapy is like "giving your building inspectors machine guns," but I'd say that more of it is about getting rid of the fake building permits.
As cancer Specialist, have you seen the Anime "Cells at Work"?
Especially the Cancer Episodes?
Once Upon a Time... Life, did this in the 80s. This isn’t a new idea.
Would it be accurate to say it is like establishing martial law? Like go ahead and flash your permits, you're going to die anyways.
@@Hanmacx I thought about this anime during the whole video. Code black is 100% better tho
I am trying to understand the difference between a benign tumor and a malignant one. Can you please help explain the difference?
I recently had surgery to remove a benign tumor I got in my face, and I have been trying to study a bit on the topic since 😅
If my future kids one day can tell me "don't worry, it's just cancer", I'm gonna cry.
Sir/Mam this was beautiful
Maybe one day. Imagine people in the past coming to today where we can be like "it's only the black death" because we have so much to fight it.
Kurzgesagt actually had an animated kid quote (in caption) that in a video, several years ago
@@SkyenNovaA I mean it's still super deadly if you get it so I wouldn't say "only" but yes I get what you mean because we have a lot to fight it.
How many times nowadays have you heard "don't worry, it's just tuberculosis"?
Ive been fighting cancer now for 4 years, multiple skin grafts and may lose my arm. Still fighting 💪 but the struggle is real.
You got this 💪
Soliders will always have a few scars, big or small, when they've won the battle. Don't be ashamed of those scars & show the world you're stronger than cancer. You got this, keep fighting man 🫡
Hope you get better
Please don't die buddy, I hope your still alive. Goodluck
I hope you win this battle!
Can we all just appreciate how kid-friendly these educational videos are?
It can literally be taught in schools this...
Kids can be dangerous IRL 😂
yeah it is already used
I know someone who is researching cancer, he found something he made his wife and his research student get cancer
If they did, they would need to provide a warning not to try to create tumortown in real life.
The channel owner felt that they have the right to prevent people from reading my educational comment, meaning they feel they can choose what people are allowed to know or not allowed to know. Obvious dictatorship. They are ignorant to the fact that other commenters had received email notifications that included my previous comment which they can’t delete 😂.
Cancer researcher here! Very good video on one of the hallmarks of cancer: Immune Escape. I'd like to point out that in this last stage of dangerous cancer, part of the immune system does more than just suppress T cells, they actually get their hands dirty with building tumor town too. In a real tumor, the majority of the occupants aren't necessarily cancer cells. The rest are either trying to restrain the tumor, or help it grow bigger as the cancer corrupts the functions of the "normal" cells. It is truly a story of duplicitous agents!
Yep, a large percentage of tumors are actually pro-tumor macrophages secreting anti-inflammatory, pro-vasculature, and pro-remodeling cytokines. The tumor is actually harnessing the branch of the immune response that evolved to fight multicellular parasites.
and what about the Immune Order 66 where normal cells get converted and attack other normal cells?
Thank you very much for the work that you do. You are a good person.
This comment gave me cancer.
Thank you for your work! I hope we're able to solve cancer soon, it's truly terrible.
I'm 33 y.o & been fighting stage 4 lung cancer for exactly 1 year this month. Cheers to human ingenuity and also to survive another year!! 🙌
Please research into fasting, it works. Please
I'm 49 and have had stage 4 kidney cancer for 7 years now. If new targeted treatments hadn't arrived when they did (just after my diagnosis) then I don't think I'd still be here. It's a rough battle but one worth fighting. Hang in there mate and keep fighting the good fight, cancer treatments are advancing in massive leaps and bounds now and the outcomes are really improving!
Good luck, don’t give up hope. I don’t know if you are taking chemo or radiation, but I somehow survived something I wasn’t supposed to, the going to school on oxygen for about a year was awkward
@@dr_stevious similar to me, currently I’m taking targeted therapy that just approved by fda in 2021. Even though it’s not the drug that exactly for my case, my condition has improved quite a bit and anyone wouldn’t know if I’m a sick person 😄
@@friendzonedguy5921 That's really great to hear! I hope that the targeted treatments get more precise for your type of cancer, and that they give those nasty cancer cells a good beatdown! Best wishes mate, be strong.
The scariest thing about cancer is that it's often incredibly difficult to detect. Sure, we have all sorts of tests that can identify cancer, but the fact is that in most cases you're not going to ask your doctor for those tests until symptoms have started appearing. Depending on what type of cancer it is, it may be too late to stop it at that point.
And yes, there are regular tests for specific types of cancer, like breast cancer or prostate cancer, but you'd never think think to screen for something like pancreatic cancer.
The reason why we don't screen everyone is because all tests have the rist of false positives and false negatives. With many of these tests they aren't accurate enough for it to make sense to screen everyone because you'd end up with way too many false positives and that'd obviously impact people's lives and divert resources for those that need it. This is generally why medicine is fundamentally based on responding to symptoms, if there is a symptom then you already know something is up so a test makes a lot more sense.
The exceptions here are either tests that are so accurate that they make sense to everyone or pandemic situations where you know a large % of the population will be affected anyways, and a false positive isn't as big a deal since you might as well be cautious.
That why you should do monthly or for each year test. Especially when you are older
If u do blood analysis correctly u can detect many type of cancers (u can check pancreatic enzymes, liver enzymes, tumor marker, ecc. If u add to that an abdomen ecography every year, X-rays chest and colonoscopy every 5-10 years (depending on your risk factors) u can detect pretty much everything. U would leave out brain tumours which are rare, for that it would better an mri but yeah they are a lot of exam and many people decide not to do them
@@olivierotorricelli599 The amount of resources that would take up to do that for every person would probably destroy the healthcare system haha.
Also blood tests are not that accurate for most cancers as you need baseline levels and a lot of these levels fluctuate throughout the day. They are good if you have a suspicion that something is wrong (other signs and symptoms), but don't work that well as a screening program (with a few exceptions).
@@TheMagicalPinata The US healthcare system yes. Not all healthcare in the world is as ridiculously expensive as it is in the US. On the other hand, technologies like MRI if used in-mass will likely become cheaper and cheaper, making them a good option for early cancer detection, all cancer-type detection, and making more effective, surgeries, immunotherapy or radiation.
My wife survived stage 3 stomach cancer (it had metastasized from her ovarian cancer from like 12 yrs prior, before I was in the picture). It got to the point where chemo/radiation stopped working, then put her on a clinical trial, which also didnt work. Then, as a "long shot", tried immunotherapy....and it worked! Shes the strongest person Ive ever known.
I highly recommend the Immune System book! Its a great read and its only barely scratching the surface of the topic. One part is kinda tough to get through, but its worth it!
Hope she is living a prosperous life now
I really appreciate how you‘re spreading information on cancer in such a comprehensive and visually stunning way, it‘s important that more people are educated on this topic.
Agreed!
Def agreed! And I'm certainly not just typing this bc this is going to become top comment
This is gonna be top comment
@@dustandechoes2agreed
It's amazing that this sort of content is free but it's only possible with our support like not using add block, Patreon, and merch.
When I had cancer in my left arm, the solution was quick, easy, and gruesome. They just chopped it out. I was in danger of losing my arm (or worse), but the surgery went well, despite the awful scar. I can still count to ten, I can still type, I'm alive and I don't have cancer - so that was a win.
Same thing happened to my mother but it came back twice. She's now had chunks cut out of her arms from her hand to her shoulder and does chemo every other week.
Does the scar ever go away? How large is it?
@@alexsheppard237 The scar is about 4" long, diagonally on my forearm. They took so much flesh out that there's still a big "dent" there, but it's had no impact on the musculature or functionality of my arm. The only long-term effect is I'll need to keep it covered whenever I go out for the rest of my life, because that area will always be prone to melanoma again, plus, for some inexplicable reason, is easily prone to sunburn.
@@tylernorby4939 Mine didn't come back, but they did have to do a second surgery. After they did a biopsy on the chunk they took out, they found that the cancer went to the edge of it, meaning there was still some left - so they had to do a second, nastier surgery, where they came back and scooped out more.
I am a musician and I just can’t think about even a little part of my finger getting cut off. So even if I live after a bad disease, I am so paranoid about anything happening to my hands and arms.
As a person with autism, It's quite hard for a person like me to understand this subject in things like school. But i can learn everything about the subject with the visuals. Thank you, Kurzgesagt.
Same
Same
Same here
Me too, i always learned better using visuals and stuff like that
Im not sure yet if i have it but things explained the way this youtube chanel explains it i understand it more and its more interesting
That is a very dramatic but not at all exaggerated demonstration of how cancer works.
“Cancer is a game with no winners” the fact that this disease will do everything it can to survive and ultimately kill itself is what shocks me!
Sounds alot like humans
Because the cancer cells have no "goal." They simply are existing. It is easy to humanize different things, as this video does, because it makes it a bit easier to understand but cancer cells simply exist. They aren't like a parasite that wants to reproduce from a host, they are just abnormal cells that due to errors in their genetic code are causing issues. They aren't "intentionally" causing any problems. Cells don't have any "desires" in general, they just respond to chemical stimuli. They aren't like multicellular organisms that have higher cognitive functions.
Life is cancerous by nature. Everything from microbes to humans will do everything they can to prosper and spread, even if it means destroying its environment.
What really shocks me, is the fact that life will try to spread everywhere. Even now life is trying to find ways to spread out into the universe. That's crazy!
@@WildsDreams45 I mean nature typically keeps things in check and equilibrium. I don’t think there’s any know biological organisms that can affect their environment like humans can.
Henrietta Lacks’ cancer: speak for yourself
3 days after i turned 18 I discovered my tumor, and since I’ve been diagnosed with cancer I honestly thought I wouldn’t be able to graduate from high school, and that my life would be changed for good. But 3 months later tomorrow, I will be graduating, which is just unbelievable to me. I love watching your videos in these hard times, and it’s great that more people are better educated on this important topic now.
congratulations!! I'm so happy for you man, you're strong as hell ❤
Congrats!! That's an incredible accomplishment, and I love the attitude! You are an inspiration!
Hell yea, congrats dude
Wow, you’ve been very unlucky but you’re stronger than a lot of people
Ever heard of push pulse therapy?
My mother passed away of pancreatic cancer on the 18th, I wish so deeply for us to have found a way to eliminate this terrible illness from the world. Thank you for the genuine informative video, and the hopeful outlook for the future.
Im sorry for your loss
@@1Stormrider1 thank you, I'm trying to be at peace with the fact she is no longer suffering.
Sorry for your loss :(
Stay strong
im so sorry, i lost my mom last week too bcs of rectal cancer, how do you cope with it? is it getting easier overtime?
When i was 17 after a four year struggle with leukemia my youngest brother passed, he was only 12. Hard to imagine he'd be 20 now and chugging beers with me and our other two brothers. I hope one day humanity will eliminate the injustice of cancer like we did snall pox, but untill then we'll pour one out for you Landon.
am so sorry man, that sucks. I think everyone almost has lost loved ones to cancer its just so pervasive problem that we still havent gotten a grip of! ridiculous, we really need a cure or even some sort of vaccine against cancer.
My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer 18 years ago. When they found it, they said he had to go to surgery immediately or it could be too late in a couple days. Today we are celebrating father's day and it's his first celebration as a grandpa, for i am a father myself now ❤
I'm happy for your family, congratulations on becoming a father !
What a twist! Congratulations to both of you!
happy father's day to you both! congrats!
so glad to hear they found it and the he's still around!
congrats homie
My mom died of cancer 5 months ago. It spread like napalm…all it took was 3 weeks, to go from totally healthy to death bed. We have to fight cancer and make it chronic, cancer has to become a thing of the past and it will!
One day, hundreds of millions of people will be alive that luckily won’t know the pain we know today. They will take a few pills a day and keep their cancer in check indefinitely!
I'm so terribly sorry for your loss. I lost my Dad to Cancer last October.
Sorry to hear that.
So sorry for your loss
Sorry for your loss.
I'm sorry for your loss.
So many forms of cancer, it's scary. Lost my father to MDS which turns into Leukemia. Hard to deal with it, watching him slowly wither away for 10 months. Now i live with regret for not asking so many questions or leaving things unsaid. Life is precious folks, love each other.
I have done bone marrow transplant 2 years ago and now I am good . Ipray for every patient whom are fighting with cancer
'''''''YOU CAN DO THIS'''''''
As the son of a woman who was just declared cancer-free after half a year's treatment of breast cancer, it really does mean a lot to me that you're covering this topic so much, in an effort to help your viewers better understand this terrible condition, and with a bright note coming along with even the darkest chapters. Thank you so much!
that makes me so happy to hear. please cherish every day. i hope your mom will stay healthy for a long time.
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nice one 👍
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My sister was diagnosed with cancer in August 2021 and passed away in March 2022. This hit home hard. Thank you for your work with this series. It's much appreciated.
Wow that must have been hard, keep going ur doing amazing!!
sorry for your loss one of my friends had cancer and passed away
@@GIGATHEMAD sorry for both of your loses
@@alexandrugabrielburea6632 thank you
mine was 2! She survived and now she smokes... some people
As a cancer survivor I can say this is such a unique video keep up the good work
Ever since my dad got cancer, I've been really on edge (testicular, spread to lungs, beaten thankfully), I hope to go into this field and help fight cancer once I graduate college bc the effect cancer has...should never be experienced by anyone
Every single person on my dad side of the family died from cancer, I'm so scared of it that I can hardly sleep. Knowing that it has already started and died a million times and I didnt even notice is both terrifying and comforting.
Damn you should probabaly get a medical check regulalry
That's why getting medical check annually is important. We don't exactly know when big tumor will grow inside ourselves until it's too late or founded by doctors.
Be healthy, watch yourself. And at last, be happy
stress can lead to it so don't stress over it just live ur life
You should look up apricot kernels/ Amygdalin. 80% success rate. They cure cancer. 10 a day prevents, 40 a day cures.
Lost my father 2 weeks back. He didn’t smoke and had stage four lung cancer. Even though we knew the chances of survival were less for him, newer technologies helped him to lower the pain and die with ease. I hope all the cancers will be curable soon.
There will never be a cure but there will definitely be many new treatments that pharmaceutical companies can profit from the chronic therapies
Already a cure is found eating extremely healthy and staying to a hard diet
I read that as "I lost 2 fathers ..." and I was like "What?!"
there weill be a cure
@@lillyanneserrelio2187 There is a prevention method, called ketogenic diet.
i can’t even imagine how it’s possible to talk about the world’s most dangerous disease like it’s a kid’s tale. this one is truly a masterpiece
the fact our bodies are almost never caught slippin or underprepared for deadly maladies still amazes me today. thank you to my biological arsenal.
The most resilient person I've known about this was my great-aunt: she lived with leukaemia for almost 20 years and lung cancer (most of which surgically removed, luckily) for 5, and yet she still had, until her last 6 months, the strength to live on her own and care for herself.
that is both inspiring and sad,
I hope she's in a better place now .
My Nana had so many kinds of cancer for decades and eventually died in her 80s of 'natural causes.' She was fine in the morning, then wasn't, then died that same day. For her it started with cervical, then endometrial, ovarian, liver, skin - so many surgeries for skin... there were others but I honestly can't remember them all - really thought the liver of all things would kill her and I remember her being very sick in the hospital for a while with that and one other at the same time but she fully recovered and went on for another 15+ years. I'm glad I witnessed this because it's allowed me to speak with hope to the people in my life who've gone through it since.
Now imagine... there are 30 million poor people in US. At least your families could get surgery. A lot of people can't.
@@TheSCPStudio Now imagine... there are over 6.5 BILLION people on this earth that aren't American. I'm thankful to count myself among them. Maybe fix your own country instead of chewing out people online who may have nothing to do with it.
@@TheSCPStudio I'm Italian fortunately: our national health care, despite its issues, is mostly based on public services, we have more guarantees and even private hospitals aren't that expensive (at least not the most "luxurious" used by VIPs).
Well timed video! I'm a PET scan specialist, and today, 2 of my patients were 100% cancer free after receiving a combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Today was a good day.
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Would be really interesting to see how these treatments help you fight cancer, explained by Kurzgesagt.
@@swordchaos1181 Much agreed
The physics of pet is so cool, creating antimatter inside the patients body
@@swordchaos1181 i think chemotherapy is like carpet bombing, killing every cell in the general area of the tumour, both cancerous and healthy. immunotherapy i’m not as certain of, but i think it’s to do with giving your immune system resistance to being tricked by cancer cells not to fight it, so that it can function properly again.
5-6 years ago my aunt had lost her battle to cancer from some baby powder (I think so it’s what I heard) that had bad stuff in it and caused hell inside her body. I always think about her every once in a while and how much of an angel she was and I can’t believe this is what could have been happening inside of her. Really wish she won the fight. Love you aunty ❤️❤️❤️
Talcum powder… did you get legal compensation?
@@YukiLuvsJesus not sure what my uncle or other side of the family did, but I'm sure they did get legal compensation, Ty sweetie ❤️
My aunt is a survivor of cancer she got cancer in the summer of 2020 but she successfully survived and recovered from a long battle with cancer.
This level of production quality provided to us for free is something I'm genuinely grateful for.
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It’s so amazing yet terrifying
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I like it..
Nice
The music makes it so scary as well
Love the “order 66” touch, from a die hard Star Wars fan. But in all seriousness, this was a great informative video of something I did not fully comprehend before. Thanks!
People don’t realise the research behind these video’s. The creators of this script have scoured the scientific databases and trustworthy websites of official companies. Nothing from wikepedia and no Facebook and bro science. Proper scientific research like it should be. As a student of biological & medical laboratory research, this makes me so happy. I have to write papers about these kinds of topics and if I mess up even 1 source or if I don’t use a reliable source my career is over. That’s how strict it is. And for good reason. These video’s are like a summary of my colleges. It’s a simplified version and much more interesting because of the animations, and with reliable sources.
My cancer surgery was 5 weeks ago, and I can't thank you enough for helping me visualise more clearly what has been going on inside my body.
Have a speedy recovery. Wish you all the best Nikki 🙏❤
I hope you are okay dear 💕 all the best 🥰
Wishing you better health!
I hope your surgery went well and your health is on the rise from here!!
Wish you better health
I’m a non-smoker stage 4 lung cancer patient. I’m taking a targeted medicine which was approved in 2014. Thank you all the medical professionals for literally saving lives. Also, thank you the channel staff for making this video. I’ll share to my friends and family for sure.
Hope you get better dear :(
All the best wishes to you stay strong!
may i ask how they think you got it?
you dont need to smoke to get cancer, poluted air does damage if not more than smoking
Is it adenocarcinoma? My best wishes for your recovery.
Its been soo many years ive been following this page and it gets sooo amazing day by day... Love the videos
It's kind of ironic that while trying to become immortal, cancer cells ultimately are actually causing their own demise sooner than later.
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If Kurzgesagt made a game themed around topics like the Immune System and Space with the iconic art style, I think we can all agree it would be a masterpiece
Pretty sure they might already be making an immersive VR experience. And boy, am I excited!
That sure sounds like and awesome combination! Yes please.
Education and fun🙂
They should. It would be a incredible way to learn. And I bet it would sell quickly
Maybe if it was a game about big pharma saving the universe from itself, it'd get made. Billionaire backers gonna billionaire.
Thank you so much to all of the people out there researching and studying how to get rid of cancer. You guys really are life changers. ❤
they didnt change anything and are doing it for money no need to thank them
The largest tragedy of cancer is the gross misunderstanding of the root causes, which a long with bias, has lead cancer research down the wrong path.
Nuclear transfer studies have shown cancer is NOT caused by DNA mutations, as is currently accepted.
These are at best secondary epiphenomenon, which might play a role in the type and how cancer presents once you have cancer, but are not the root cause.
The root cause is now known to be metabolic in origin.
The Press Pulse method of treatment is a non toxic treatm and the patient ends up healthier after treatment.
Research and treatment using this knowledge is in it's early stages, but is seeing amazing results. Hopefully soon it will be large RCT trials, but struggles to even be permitted vs standard of care due to the existing dogma.
There are many published articles on animals, and I look forward to studies on humans. So far this has been used for case studies on humans, even curing glioblastomas.
Highly recommend the research of Dr. Thomas Seyfried. Should he live to see his research completed, he'll be in line for a Nobel prize in medicine.
@@Unsensitive My apologies, but I heavily disagree with your summary of cancer research. I find the research of Dr. Tomas Seyfried to be really interesting though! Cancer metabolism is a hot field of research earning a lot of attention. Cancer is definitely a metabolic disease, and manipulating its metabolism may very well be the key to treating cancer in the future.
I do think you may be misunderstanding how cancers grow and evolve. There are genes called tumor suppressors and oncogenes. Every form of cancer that has been studied so far has some combination of silencing tumor suppressors and dysregulating oncogenes, though how each tumor accomplishes that varies wildly. The dysregulation of the cell cycle and cellular machinery manifests as metabolic disturbances that help to sustain an uncontrollably dividing cell.
That being said, epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressors is a thing, and nuclear transplantation can reverse epigenetic alterations. I think that certain examples could yield nuclear transplantations that seemingly reverse cancer, but this wouldn't be true for cancers of chromosomal rearrangement or the complete deletions of entire regions of chromosomes containing a number of tumor suppressor genes.
@@Unsensitive is it possible that our nutrition is the problem?
@@Unsensitive Unfortunately, if the research is only done by one person, and only pushed by that one person, it has a better-than-average chance of being quackery. There's a long history of doctors and medical researchers, often very intelligent people, who become convinced that they have found "the truth", and when their ideas don't stand up to scrutiny, double down rather than following good scientific practice and rethinking. I'm looking into Seyfried's work, but much of what I've found so far is not encouraging.
I'm so glad to see you bringing up immunotherapy. While its recognition is recent, the theory has been around for decades. My best friend when I was a child in the '70s was one of the first test subjects of immunotherapy. He was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 6, and he was given six months to live. His mother took him to a therapist named Dr. Livingston in San Diego, who was experimenting with this new concept she called immunotherapy. The idea was pretty basic: she trained the immune system to fight the cancer cells by coating them with tuberculosis. As you point out in this video, cancer spreads by convincing the immune system that it isn't a threat. So her idea was to give it something that it knew to fight on top of what she wanted it to fight. The system worked much of the time. However, the AMA was too stubborn to take her work seriously, and they refused to recognize her work as legitimate. She was called a quack, and fell into obscurity. About a decade after her death, her work was carried on once again, and built up; this time it was taken more seriously. A few years ago it was given the Pulitzer Prize for Medicine, and is now considered one of the four pillars for fighting cancer. People should know, though, that it all traces back to Dr. Virginia Livingston. (To be fair, her theories on what caused cancer were bogus, and her record keeping left much to be desired; both of which damaged her credibility. But she deserves the credit for coming up with the theories that led to the current treatment of cancer.)
I lost a dear friend to cancer. She was brilliant and kind. It is such an awful disease. I really hope one day they find the cure for good
Crazy to think how far medical advances has come to defeating cancer!!
My wife lost her brother (age 16) her dad (age 39), had her stomach removed (age 14) and recently gone through a double mysterectomy (age 31) due to the cancer fighting gene mutating and actually causing cancer!! Luckily she survived and an absolute rock ❤️
Every couple of years we always try to raise money for Cancer Research UK to hopefully help others 😊
I would like my partner to speak out a bit more, tell her story to hopefully motivate and help others who are going through it, but she isn't ready yet bless her ❤️
To be fair at this point I would be really concerned about the environment they grew up in
You realize it’s very likely your kids could inherit those issues
This has nothing to do with environment, as he said, it is a gene mutation, most probably p53.
DAMN
@@alexbrestowski4131 100% you are right! We have started IVF so they remove that gene thankfully 😊❤️
This was really hard and powerful to watch. My dad is in his final stages of terminal brain cancer and is only expected to have a couple months left after fighting for over 2 years. Seeing everything laid out in a way like this sheds light on what's really going on with him, and speaks to the severity of the situation.
I'm so sorry you're both going through this.
❤
My condolences.
hey, i JUST read about this, and, for the looks of it, it may be true and work
its about the research of Dr. Thomas Seyfried. Apparently, a 100% carnivore diet may help, idk if it helps on every type and on every stage. but if anything else has failed...
My condolences
This man is literally a legend teacher, We Need him in our schools ASAP!❤
My father is currently fighting Stage IV cancer. Unfortunately, he’s losing the war and will likely not survive. I can only pray that future generations will know a world without cancer. And that my father’s death can lead to someone else’s salvation.
In memory of my father who had stage 4 lung cancer. He died last month.
Wishing you all have a better life and keep fighting for those who have cancers.
Sorry for your loss...
Condolences to you and your family take it eazy.
I am so sorry for your loss!❤
I’m very sorry for your loss..
Damn, I'm sorry about your dad. My dog passed away today due to cancer also, and it really does suck
My dad was recently diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, metastasis. It started in his liver but has spread to his chest and lymph nodes. This video helped me get a better understanding of what his body is going through and why his immune system couldn't prevent it.
I hope he'll be better soon, I wish he'll be fine very soon🙏
Sorry to hear that. Wishing the best outcome for you and your family -- stay strong ❤🙏
I'm sorry to hear that man, push forward, stay stong!
Exactly what my grandfather has. I wish your father a swift recovery.
Hope he'll get better soon. Stay strong ✊
I loved this video.I truly adore the way that you have explained the topic of cancer. I hope you continue with these amazing and fascinating videos!
Watching this video makes me feel appreciated for the intelligence that created my body with such care and dilligence! And also feel appreciation for those cells who are fighting battles every day! I salute you little ones.
Evolution and microbiology are pretty nuts, yeah.
My little brother is actively fighting cancer. Hes on immunotherapy, and while the cancer hasn't grown since starting it doesn't feel like hes winning. I hope things start to improve soon..
Think about this: if it’s not growing, every cell that dies is not going to be replaced
I know someone whose immunotherapy worked for him. He started improving fast. I hope your little brother gets his to work and gets well soon.
I wish your brother good luck! Here's a quote I really like, maybe it can help him:
The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse.
So tell him he should be this warrior.
May your brother win this battle and stay healthy forever and ever 💪
No child should ever have to endure cancer, it’s hard as an adult to have cance, but couldn’t imagine how hard it is for your little brother. May the angels keep him safe and help him to heal x
These cancer videos make me so anxious. I even avoided watching this one until curiosity was stronger. Feeling it can happen to me or my loved ones anytime, or it could be happening right now is just so frightening.
Don't let it worry you too much. What you can do is focus on taking care of yourself by eating cleanly, putting on sunscreen and doing things to support your immune system. It is scary but prevention can help. Don't panic until you actually know that something is wrong, and if it ever does happen, fight!
I find it reassuring to know that it's a natural process and most of the time my body has it all under control. For the times it doesn't, we are getting better technologies all the time. It sounds like we're not too far off treatments and cures for cancers.
It is overwhelming sometimes. But just slow down and take things one step at a time. Point in the direction you want to go and put just one foot forward. Repeat as many times as it takes. Setbacks are a reality, and sometimes they're big. I survived chemo and can tell you that keeping a keen focus on what's important in your life coupled with some healthy determination go a long way. Is some of it luck? Yes. But early detection (my trick was finding normal fleshy tissue that had turned hard and asked my doc why) and proactive treatment help a lot. And don't be afraid to ask questions until you're 100% at peace with the care decisions you'll make. Also, sorry if any of this made things worse.
same. it wasn't until I heard today that my mates dad is gona snuff it until I decided to watch it. cancer is a cnut
I thought i was the only one 😅 usually watch every kurzgesagt video the moment i see it uploaded, but this one laid there in my feed till now
I'm going through a scary time right now where I am going to be diagnosed with either cancer or precancer lol and 4:08 shook me to my core. Had to take a minute
but the video is great. i know a lot more of how it happens now
@@annie-mj4ozhow are you now?
I love the way he explained this, along with the visuals this is an incredible video
When I was still in middle school, my grandmother died of breast cancer, and while I resisted crying at first when seeing her, I ultimately broke down before leaving her hospital room.
Now my intent is to delve into the cancer research field and specifically target breast cancer. However, prior to watching this video I never knew how cancer actually kills, so this video was really helpful. Thanks ❤
That's probably as tragic as the day you decided to support Tottenham
@@Octavian999 innit just an d bro lives in america but supports a british footy team like 💀
@@Octavian999 like how bad can americans be at footy 💀
why are you guys trashing on the dude for wanting to honor his grandma all because of some game
@@bry0402exactly, like no one asked that you don’t like a british football team 💀💀
Loving the positivity towards cancer treatment on CZcams recently. Hope Hank Green recovers expediently!
I'm really hoping they do one on leukemia
Dude, I abosutely love how you guys explain things. The viuals are insanely well done!
As a cancer survivor myself, I really appreciated this video. The thing that makes cancer so much more terrifying than other afflictions is that there really is no definitive way to prevent it, and the only recourse is to find better ways to fight it
As a fellow cancer survivor myself I have to slightly disagree. There might be no DEFINITIVE way to prevent it (yet). But a healthy body with a healthy immune system does lower the risk substantially. Cancer wasn't as bad of a thing way back in the old days. Our unhealthy diets and way of life is a paradise for cancer. Today about 40% of people are expected to develop cancer during their lifetime. Those numbers are insane.
Basically there are 3 factors to cancer. Health (including mental health), environmental factors and genetics. What made me really mad during the therapy and post cancer care is that somehow only genetics was really talked about. "Did anyone in your family have cancer?". And after the operation when you're "healed", they basically tell you to just live your life as always.
But that's wrong. While you can't control your genetics. You DO have some control over what you eat, how healthy of a way you live, and to a certain extend how you protect yourself against environmental factors. Like reducing contact with products that contain Phthalates, BPA and many other unhealthy substances. Most vegetables contain incredible compounds that inhibit cancer growth in a myriad of different ways.
Sure you can be unlucky and develop cancer despite doing all you can to lower your risk. Or you can be lucky and never develop cancer despite eating fast food all the time and smoking a pack of tabaco every day. That's just the way the probability game is. But your own decisions DO have significant influence to escape the average statistics. Every one of us does already have ways to fight cancer today while we wait for science to find even more ways.
@@HuyV This is true, but I was 11 and in perfect health when I got it
As a fellow-fellow survivor, this was eye-opening. But still, I was like 2 years old when i was diagnosed so 🤷♂️
@mark_of_the_wolf I'm so sorry that happened to you. But while genetics might be the biggest factor, environmental influences should not be underestimated.
@@rev4449
"Well, I didn't say that"
- Master Oogway
I couldn't stop the tears in my eyes, I needed this so badly! as a person with ADHD its hard to sit and study walls of words and it still make sense at the end, no matter how many times a doctor could explain it; it was still hard for me to understand how severe my moms cancer is, but then Kurzqesagt comes over and whispers in my ear "I got you buddy" ... thank you! thank you! thank you!
Prayers for the best. I suggest you and her research about fasting = starving cancer cells directly. It does work. Please.
Including me, almost every young person can fit the ADHD diagnosis these days.
@@elijahizere omg shut up with the whole "everyone has adhd nowadays :
@@elijahizere no you can't. People are just lazy addicts. I have REAL aspergers and adhd, and don't tell me it even compares. You don't have music and racing thoughts 24/7 on your mind making you unable to focus on anything.
@@LuisC7 that is quite interesting
I remember watching this a month ago out of pure curiosity and desire to know more about cancer and I was completely oblivious to the fact that at that very moment my mother had fighted it for 6 months and literally nobody knew
Man, I honestly don’t know where I’d be or what I’d be doing right now if I never learned about this amazing channel
Several years ago, a family friend of ours was suffering from stage four breast cancer. She fully believed her kid was going to grow up without her.
One course of immunotherapy later, and the cancer vanished completely. She's been in remission ever since.
That’s great to hear, the future of cancer treatment is looking bright (:
Great news but i imagine that must’ve been pretty expensive
@@Canaldeyt254 idk im not sure how that would work but I would assume that it would be expensive
Which kind of immunotherapy ?
Wow
I'm currently going through a cancer battle of my own, so these videos explaining it have been really helpful. Thanks as always!
Good luck! You got this 💪
Good luck 💜
You got this my man keep goong
Best of luck to you.
Good luck my friend, I wish you well.
I just love watching your videos and listen to the narrative's voice. I love how it's been simplified any subject the video is about. Thanks. By the way the narrator's voice is enjoyable to listen to
I love this explanation. Feels like it should be a movie
2 videos in one week! That represents all work and dedication you put in all videos. Keep working on this amazing content!
They must have started using AI tools to create these videos XD
@@sarveshpadav2881 xD
@@sarveshpadav2881i imagine they always used some form of ai tool to help make these videos it
to be fair this video is barely anything at all. it doesn't say anything new as much as taking old information and dressing it up a bit different. the only real challenge in making this video is in animation.
@@mogim815 And even then, this video looks like it skipped over on the animation side of things
Covering cancer is such a big deal because everyone knows someone who is or was affected by it. My grandmother in law is currently fighting lung cancer for the 3rd time and her body rejected her chemo last week. She is also doing immunotherapy. Irs been incredibly hard but we still have hope!❤
Edit: thanks for the likes and kind words! I hope humanity can kick cancer's ass!
I wish your grandmother, to get rid of the cancer!
Everyone knows someone who is or was affected by it. Strangely though... I don't. I know a couple of people with rare conditions that are no less horrible though. :(
I hope your grandmother can beat it!
My classmates had a classmate that died to cancer before i arrived. Rest in peace luana 😔
One of my favorite CZcamsrs died to cancer a little less than a year ago 😔 so even is someone may not know someone personally effected by it lots of people know just because someone they idolize got it.
I'm coming up on the one-year mark since I lost my mom to breast cancer. I truly hope that someday nobody has to lose a loved one to that awful disease.
Amazing! Perfect to the finest details!
What's so scary is that cancer sometimes builds dark big cities without the "rest of the world" noticing. Then, suddenly, the city is so huge and influential that it pulls the "whole country" into the abyss.
Florida ?
why does this sound familiar....
@@sephypantsu SF?
The mafia
Capitalism.
The way Kurzgesagt tells their stories is just mesmerising, even some topics that I would never have even tried to learn about before, I have started to study in a lot more detail thanks to these videos. Thank you as always Kurzgesagt. Please never stop doing what you're doing.
is it though
Do you mean _mesmerising_ 🤔
Yup.
This can be turned into an analogy for something else....
Like how bad foreigners come with their bad intentions and ask the country to change its laws/religion/moral code to acomodate the invader: else said country is RACIST!!
Losing our language, our cities, our moral code etc, to the ones that are leaving their violent countries and flooding ours, but instead of changing their way of living and become more human.... they come here with their close-minded view on human rights and always ask for more.
Destroying what we have, stepping on everything, multiplying, taking over, making up new rules instead of living by ours etc.
It's the very same!
It's not being racist to fight for your own culture/language IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY.
I see it everywhere, countries being taking over by others.... and if you disagree with anything they do and every little favors they ask: then you're "racist!"
We are losing.....
@Harper Moore Religion does not have the monopoly on morality. Being an atheist scientist working to help humanity is better than being a religious nutbag bringing up their alleged moral highground in an unrelated comment section.
Do sth productive instead
Dang, this video not only explains cancer very clearly, but it also makes a very positive and high hope at the end of the video like not too far in the future cancer is no more.
You go inspector! Glory for Arstotzka!
I got a little emotional towards the end when you started talking about our progress with treating cancer more effectively.
I'm a cancer survivor myself. I was diagnosed when I was 16 and along the way, I made good friends who were just like me. Unfortunately, I lost quite a few of them to the battle of cancer. I wish dearly that we had made our strides with cancer already before when they were still around. But I am so glad we have made so much progress since then for future children that will be affected by this disease.
As a survivor myself, I sincerely thank you guys for spreading information about cancer. You guys are doing the lord's work.
Great to hear man
I didn't have a tumor, so my cancer was a little different but when I had leukemia (APL), I often visualized my rouge multiplying promyelocytes cells getting nuked by my chemo. I envisioned the chemo as a sentient sword like Nightblood, wanting to destroying evil. 🤣 In my imagination there were also a lot of cells animated like knights on horseback and duels to the death. But this animation is also pretty awesome! 👾
In the grim darkness of the lymphatic system, there is only war.
would chemo be like carpet bombing? destroys the sloppy fast expanding buildings of Tumor town but also destroying everything else slightly as well?
DESTROY!! EVIL!!!!!
(and just like nightblood, chemo doesn't have a very good idea of what evil is...)
Are you still alive?
@@nirbhaykumarchaubey8777no, he died in the two hours between his comment and your reply
This channel is one lf the best things to come out of youtube
amazing video. shoutout to anyone and everyone involved!
Both my parents have dealt with cancer. My dad died of leukaemia 2 months ago. My mum is still alive. I’m 15 and I’ve had to witness the effects of cancer first hand, several times. Thank you for this video. It explained so much.
I'm really sorry about your father, and what you have had to go through, my dog died today of cancer too, and I just turned 14 a few days ago, so I really hope that medication for cancer gets cheaper and better.
I also lost my parents when I was young. You’re at a difficult age on your life, where it’s very easy to take the wrong path. Your father and your mother want the best for you, and you need to honour them by being the person they want you to be. Do it for them, and you’ll be happier with life and with yourself.
I’m very sorry to hear about your dad, I hope you are well and feeling better.
May Allah help and guide you on the right path...
Ameen ❤
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A good e-friend of mine died last year due to cancer. It kept coming back. Since then seeing videos like this always makes me think of him, and wish that we had the cure sooner.
Well as cruel as this may seem, people dying from cancer can probably contribute more to research, but stuff like this is still tragic.
Well why not start with corporations in stop letting them put carcinogens in their products?
@@MrPolandballyeah cos the world is quite that simple right
@@coconutsmarties7916 well it could be if enough people used 100% of their brain
@@MrPolandball agreed, but you might as well hope for world peace while you're at it
Ngl watching this while having cancer hits so hard
Wow what a great work you have done!❤️
I'm glad I don't have cancer😮
Love the "tumor town" illustration. Genius, simple and easy to understand. Cute and entertaining too, as what this channel always do.
Really? I found the analogy/imagery of police committing large-scale state violence and maybe even genocide a bit... disturbing.
It was also the analogy that was used for the battle against cancer described in the book they released a while back.
@IgorNV the immune system IS disturbing. It's a violent, foaming-at-the-mouth monster which causes just few enough issues compared to what it solves that it's a net benefit
You have a whole organ- the thyroid- whose only purpose is stopping the immune system from creating cells that'll kill yourself. This process is so intensive that your thyroid slowly destroys itself over your lifetime, and your immune system weakens over that time period.
@@IgorNVHow is that disturbing
I also thought it was cutsie and not disturbing other than thinking about the loved ones I’ve lost to cancer. Glad we are learning so much about it all 🤍
I’m 17 and today i was diagnosed with cancer, so videos like these help me grasp what i have and further treatment i may have to go through to treat it, so thank you
hoping u make it 🙏🙏🙏, if u dont min me asking, what type was it?
I hope you’re getting better
Kick it up bro, it's about mindset!
I'm wishing you the best! Make cancer cry and run away in tears!
You can do it🙏
I always love it when u guys do the body videos 😂 I’ve been subscribed ever since your original video on the immune system
this is a beautiful video. well done
7:52 “Order 66” good one!
How about if the police get infected by cancer city?
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Palp momen
ExEcUteE oRdEr 66
In january, i've been diagnosed with a cancer and since February i've been doing chemo.
Luckily, the cancer has significantly decreased since and as I am writing this, I am in remission !!
Thanks Kurzgesagt for this video, i'd love to see a "how Chemotherapy works?" video so i can show my friend what really went down in my body since February. =)))
Thanks again !
Your journey of healing will come soon, you can do this!
Go for that W
Same here, i was diagnosed with colon cancer the second of december, and i have been recieving chemo non stop since the 15th of january . Luckly for me its working, it has decreased many Centimeters, and as far as i know, the metastasis are decreasing too, with luck i wil be operated soon. As you said i would love to see a video about how chemo works, a know a bit due to my degree but i would love to see how they explain it. To end all i can say is be strong and keep fighting friend. we both can do this, and remember, a great portion of this battle take place in our mind. Good luck. P.S. Sorry for the broken english
I like how accurate and easy to absorb this is.
9:28 hopefully another time isn’t to far away
Most people have not found out yet *the correct treatment for cancer* that I have offered for more years already, in the comments section of many videos. I posted it on this video too, as new thread, 2 days ago. It begins with: _Cancer must not be treated with chemotherapy and radiation therapy, but with healthy periods of starvation, consuming only small quantities of natural / organic vegetables at all meals (and some suitable fruits, especially black fruits such as: wild bilberries ..._
It’s so amazing yet terrifying how your own body can be your worst enemy
At the end of the day, we're colonies of living cells that are heavily regulated. But cancer is more or less just life finding a way.
😢
Heck fam why did I watch this
It's not your body doing it to you. It's the food you eat and all the chemicals you consume through processed drinks/tap water.
@M I don't think a channel that promotes science and facts is a good fit for you. I'm sure there are some nice crystal healing videos you can watch elsewhere.
Me: Sees kurzgesagt video
Also me: stops everything and clicks
Same!
Deadass
Just want to let you know, The reason that he only brought up immunotherapy as a solution is because The Gates Foundation recently invested $40 Million into immunocore, A British immunotherapy organization (which is a company based in profiteering, instead of humanitarianism).
You never fail to blow me away by how you simplify complex topics! Thank you for explaining such an important one. RIP for everyone who lost their lives to cancer and may their loved ones find peace and heal. And may the people still fighting cancer win their battles 🙏
Including Technoblade
" Please spare us "
- New Yorkers, once again.
What a great video, after watching this my immune cells have learnt how to defeat cancer more effectively. They now feel motivated because you have showed the world their heroic acts. Thank you.
i’m too stupid for this video
Yes people should be more grateful their bodies, they are always working so hard to keep us breathing etc.
Most people treat this shell like total garbage.... it's beyond sad, but I know it isnt easy to eat well and exercise.
But cigarettew, alcohol, drugs etc.... not an excuse.
People are monsters.
@@FocusedFighter777 Agreed 💪
@@FocusedFighter777 i agree with the whole drugs etc are stupid but you know that you are talking about other peoples bodies?
They are the body so they themselves are fighting for themselves and i think that because they are doing it to themselves that people can't really be seen as "monsters" just because they are unhealthy. Just not responsible.
@@FocusedFighter777 this mf... just labelled addicts worldwide as monsters cus he feels bad for their "shells"
THIS ANIMATION IS GETTING BETTER DAY BY DAY
These videos should be shown in school! Looove the métaphore and how understandable it is!