They have lost the ability to to be shut off by the body in what is called cellular apoptosis. These cancerous cells simply become abnormal and outlive the other cells in their normal cell life/replacement cycle and end up crowding out a territory over time.

Iodine goes in and both does away with the surrounding cyst where cancer has set up residence and then also goes in and allows the specific shut down of the individual cells that are abnormal, diseased, or beset w/ pathogens to make room for new cells.


-- Same is true for candidiasis --


http://www.lewrockwell.com/miller/miller20.html

It does it so well that you can fine tune and choose the rate at which you kill off the diseased cells and the amount of stinky dead cells and their refuse by adjusting both your dosage and your elimination. You skin is one of the largest eliminatory organs and you can use showers, saunas, workouts, colonic irrigations and baths to wash away the refuse.