Re: My two cents

And one could also make the analogy between a toxin and a metal splinter which becomes embedded in the body.  Is the virus then drawn to the site of the inflammation and infection and thus a co-factor itself?  Certainly the splinter was the initial causal agent.  In a very real sense that is what I believe happens.  A toxin or other causal agent results in irritation and inflammation which in turn ultimately defeats an impaired immune system and liver and there is a cellular response which becomes the cancer.  There is room for a viral role in there somewhere too.

DQ