Why is CANCER called CANCER?

To the average person, hearing the word CANCER is synonymous with imminent death. However, that connotation does not exist for those who have discovered and understood Germanic New Medicine (GNM). Let’s explore what’s really happening here.

First, we need to investigate the origin of the word CANCER and why it is associated with certain symptoms and signs in the body.

The etymology of the word “cancer” comes from Latin cancer, meaning “crab”.

THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY THE TERM CANCER APPEARS: 5TH CENTURY BC
The term was likely first used by Hippocrates, the father of medicine, to describe tumors with vein-like structures extending outward from a central mass, resembling a crab’s legs. It was later adopted and popularized in Roman medicine by Galen.

THE SECOND TIME IN HISTORY THE TERM CANCER APPEARS: 2ND CENTURY AD
The one truly responsible for instilling fear of a hypothetical cell in 99% of the world’s population was Galen. He systematically popularized the term in the 2nd century AD, adopting the word karkínos from Hippocratic tradition and Latinizing it to cancer, establishing its ongoing medical use. Although no exact modern citations remain, it is known that in his medical writings, he described tumors with hardened veins radiating from a central point, like a crab’s legs, hence the term.

He classified tumors as:

• Non-inflamed (painless)
• Inflamed (painful)

And among them, he distinguished between benign tumors and the so-called karkínos or cancer, considering the latter more dangerous or uncontrollable.
He claimed that cancerous tumors were caused by an excess of black bile, one of the four humors of Hippocratic and Galenic medicine (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile).

View from GNM:
From the perspective of Germanic New Medicine, these Galenic interpretations are completely outdated, lacking embryological basis and failing to grasp the biological logic of meaningful special programs. Galen’s error—associating disease with a humor imbalance and seeing cancer as an external or autonomous evil—was inherited for centuries and is one of the great myths that GNM aims to correct.

If we reflect, we’ll see that the idea of cancer being “benign” or “malignant” arose during a historical period deeply shaped by religious wars and the dualistic thinking of good vs. evil. In those times, anything that caused pain, bleeding, or suffering was seen as divine punishment—an evil to be cut out. This moralizing perspective turned the body into a battlefield between “health” (good) and “disease” (evil), and cancer became the silent enemy to be fought and destroyed at all costs.

What’s most surprising is that this symbolic interpretation, more theological than biological, became entrenched over time and was absorbed unquestioningly by modern medicine. Today, the word “cancer” automatically evokes thoughts of death, terror, and helplessness. This narrative, far from understanding what actually occurs in the body, frames it as a mistake, a deformity, or a senseless threat.

Germanic New Medicine dismantles this narrative with scientific rigor and biological clarity. It explains that what we call cancer was never a problem but rather a meaningful biological program designed by nature to help us adapt and survive. While we were being convinced we were dying, our body was actually trying to heal and regenerate. This change in perspective not only transforms our understanding of symptoms but also our relationship with our body and life itself.

As a direct consequence of this panic-based view of symptoms, and the mistaken belief that the body makes errors that need fixing, arose what we now call “alternative medicine.”
A patchwork of approaches—often disconnected from one another—that paradoxically share with conventional medicine a deeply religious root: both aim to “heal.”

And therein lies the true error: there was never anything to heal. What modern medicine calls “disease” is, in fact, a biologically meaningful program—a natural strategy of adaptation and improvement. Thanks to the discoveries of Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer, we now understand that most people don’t die of cancer, but from fear, extreme fatigue, and the paralyzing terror induced by horrific diagnoses—even from morphine and medieval medical protocols—fighting a battle against a hypothetical cell using their own body as the battlefield. According to Dr. Hamer, it is the “sorcerer’s apprentices”—those who cast death sentences and prescribe magic potions to try to “heal”—who cause more harm than the so-called disease itself.

The core issue lies in failing to understand that inflammation, pain, fever, or fatigue are not enemies but signs of healing—evidence that the body is doing exactly what it needs to do. Just like how our feet swell after a marathon to heal micro-lesions, or how a wound gets red and puffy so that beneficial bacteria can rebuild the skin, or how a muscle grows after training through regenerative cellular activity. Inflammation is part of the body’s natural healing and regeneration process—not an error. The only body that shows no symptoms is a dead one.

I understand that this article might sound strange or even contradictory to what you’ve been taught. But if anything in it resonates with you, perhaps it’s the start of a deep personal transformation.
So, if you’d like to continue exploring, here’s a free course to get started:
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It’s important to remember that humans have always died and always will—but today, many people die when nature would not have failed. Official medicine itself admits to cancer survival rates of only 2%, while Germanic New Medicine suggests that when biological laws are respected, recovery can reach 98%—without chemo, radiation, or mutilation.

That’s why I believe it’s worth at least daring to investigate.
I’m Gastón Vargas, and I hope to support you in discovering this new biological paradigm.

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