Cancer


 * ''For information on this subject from a real world perspective, see the Wikipedia page]

Cancer is a disease that can be contracted through various means. Depending on the severity, it can be treated, but success of elimanting it is not guarenteed, at which point it can kill.

In the Light Mobius reality, Locke contracted the disease which, despite undergoing surgery, became terminal. He passed away in his sleep on Day 61, 3246. (StH: #143)

Background Information

 * Of the two known diseases to appear in the Archieverse (the other being Neuro-Immuno Deficiency Syndrome), this is the only one that also exists in the real world.
 * The aformentioned Neuro-Immuno Deficiency Syndrome is, however, inspired by by a real disease.