Something likely not all that important for us to know about
, really, but maybe of some interest from a general knowledge standpoint.
Something found during my routine (a few times a week) "general cancer reading" time.
So I offer it as a kind of "general knowledge enhancement" item.
Yes, it seems that plants (all the way up to including trees) do indeed get diseases that are very comparable to animal cancers, but they operate a bit differently in plants than they do in animal (including human) cancers.
Here's a short Youtube video that seems to do a good, quick job in covering the main differences (as well as similarities) between the two,
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=plants+that+cure+cancer&docid=608051663229494423&mid=11cc1f1c5d8dc38a991e11cc1f1c5d8dc38a991e&view=detail&form=vire And for those interested, a more detailed, scientific discussion of plant resistance to cancer:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/why-plants-dont-die-from-cancer But is it possible that studying cancer in plants might yield facts that could prove helpful in animal cancer research (cancer is cancer?). Is anyone even pursuing this approach right now? After searching, I didn't find a whole lot of reporting on research done on cancer in plants, per se, although there is a good deal out there on using plants medicinally to treat/cure cancer in humans.
Maybe an area that might prove fruitful, if pursued more?