Sometimes it's just a mystery why some cancer patients survive

One man's grim prognosis leads him to try alternative treatment, despite his doctor's doubts. His remission raises more questions. Just when I think I can predict a disease's deadly outcome, along comes someone to remind me how little we truly know about cancer. Sometimes, a patient survives against all probability, and I am left not knowing why.

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