When somebody dies of cancer, what exactly is the actual reason the body stops working?
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First off.. you need to understand that “cause of death” and “mechanism of death” are not the same thing.
Cause is the underlying reason why died – if it wasn’t for the cancer, they would be alive. This is what causes of the fatal chain events that leads to their death. This is why COVID was the cause of death for so many people since it ‘kicked off’ the chain of events that saw them die.
Mechanism is the actual ‘thing’ that kills them. So for cancer, this could be infection (due to compromised immune system, or by an embolism (ie: clot) shutting off flow of blood to the brain or other vital organs among a variety of causes.
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