The presence of a tumor means that the body has a serious systemic problem. In the functional, self-healing body, the tumor never would have happened. The problem is not the tumor, the tumor is just a symptom. However, the tumor is a symptom that very often kills. Restoring the bodies natural healing process is not a quick fix, and some poor mistreated bodies can never fully recover from years of neglect. Thus chosing not to have a cancerous tumor removed can be a fatal decision. A person who chose not to have surgery for an operable cancer could find their body overwhelmed with metastisis before the NT has any real affect.