Category: Cancer Navigation
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Do Parasites Cause Cancer? The Real Science Behind a Highly Contested Claim
Parasites causing cancer and anti-parasitic drugs curing it are two different claims, at two different evidence tiers. Here’s the real, documented science — including a close look at the viral fenbendazole story and what the actual evidence does and doesn’t support.
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Meaning, Not Happiness: What Actually Sustains People Through Serious Illness
A serious diagnosis raises questions evidence alone can’t answer. Here’s why the question isn’t how to be happy despite what’s happening — it’s where the meaning is, and how to stay connected to it.
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Why a Trial Offer and a Genomic Report Both Feel Like Answers (And Aren’t)
A clinical trial offer and a genomic report both feel like the moment the fog will finally lift. Here’s why both usually deliver a new set of questions instead — and how to navigate that honestly.
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Why a Median Statistic Isn’t a Verdict
A single survival statistic can outrun everything else said in a doctor’s appointment. Here’s what a median actually is — and why it was never designed to be a verdict on any one person’s life.
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The Warburg Effect Is Real. What It Means Is Still Debated.
The idea that cutting sugar can starve cancer feels intuitive. The underlying science — the real Warburg effect, and a genuine, unresolved scientific debate about what it means — is more nuanced.
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Integrative Oncology Is Not a Synonym for Alternative Medicine
Online, “integrative” often means “instead of conventional treatment.” As an actual clinical specialty practiced at major cancer centers, it means the opposite — evidence-based care used alongside it.
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What Clinical Trial Phases Actually Tell You (And What They Don’t)
Cancer ‘breakthroughs’ appear in headlines weekly. Here’s what Phase 1, 2, and 3 clinical trials each actually tell you — and why a promising Phase 2 result so often fails to hold up.
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How to Evaluate a ‘Repurposed Drug’ Cancer Claim
A forwarded message about a cheap, overlooked drug that might treat cancer is more common than you’d think. Here’s how to evaluate that claim honestly — without dismissing the hope behind it.
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What Deserves to Be Here: What Mortality Awareness Actually Changes
The goal was never certainty — it was the confidence to move forward without it. Closing out this series with what mortality awareness actually changes, and where to go next if you’re just starting this journey.
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Not Back, Forward: Why ‘Getting Back to Normal’ Is the Wrong Goal
“You’re back” is meant as encouragement, but it only makes room for half the truth — someone can be functioning again and also be someone entirely different than who they were before.