Four years in to my research something clicked. A pattern began to emerge. A different story—one that connected the dots in ways I hadn’t seen before. It became the foundation of what I now call the Cell Suppression Theory (CST): a new model that views cancer not as a genetic accident caused by 'bad luck', but a reversible metabolic survival response to a novel intracellular fungal infection.

Within this framework, cancer is the consequence of suppression, the hijacking of the cell machinery by a pathogen—not cellular malfunction. This is not just another theory it's a complete paradigm shift in how we view cancer, it's the only theory that views cancer through this suppressive lens.

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This is significant because it is the first theory to offer a unified explanation for all 10 of Hanahan and Weinberg’s cancer hallmarks—the metric by which the accuracy of a cancer theory is measured. And uniquely, it also explains how natural compounds, metabolic therapies, and certain complementary approaches appear to selectively kill cancer cells—something patients like Jane McLelland, Professor Ben Williams, and Dr. Nasha Winters have demonstrated in practice, often against extraordinary odds.

But I’m not a doctor or a scientist by training. My background is in graphic design.

That might seem irrelevant, but it gave me something invaluable: the ability to think creatively, to question convention, and to look at complex problems with fresh eyes. In design, we’re taught to discard our first ideas, embrace failure, and explore every angle of a problem until something new emerges. That mindset helped me do something the cancer field desperately needed: to see the disease through a different lens

How I Came to Challenge Everything We Think We Know About Cancer

It started the way it does for far too many people—with a loved one, a diagnosis, and a feeling of helplessness that you can’t quite put into words. Years ago, I was told I had a rare form of sarcoma. That moment flipped my world upside down. At first, all I wanted was to understand what was happening in my body—to make sense of the science behind my diagnosis, and lower my chances of it coming back.

But when my close friend Sam was diagnosed with cancer too, and later passed away after a year of conventional treatment, something shifted in me. Angered by her passing and vowing not to let her die in vain I developed the motivation and desire to want to know more - cancer had my attention, it was well and truly in my cross-hairs, and i wasn't about to let it slip away that easily.

One thing led to another, and over the next eight years I studied thousands of peer-reviewed papers from cancer theory, nutrition and microbiology to biochemistry, immunology and infectious disease to name a few. What started as personal research soon uncovered something unexpected—the origin of cancer was still up for debate - it’s a mystery with many competing theories trying to explain it. At least seven separate models exist, each offering a different explanation—and more importantly, each leading to different treatment approaches. Even the mainstream "DNA mutation" theory, which underpins most conventional therapies, can't explain all the known features of cancer.

That hit me hard. Because it means many patients are being treated according to an assumption—not a proven cause confirmed to be driving the disease.

But when a close friend was later diagnosed with cancer too, something shifted in me. I knew I had to go deeper.

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."
Albert Einstein

"Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of, who do the things that no one can imagine."
Alan Turing

"I think this piece of work is going to be landmark in terms of how we understand and deal with cancer, it's up there with Jane McLelland's work and Professor Seyfried's Metabolic Theory."

Patricia Peat
Oncology nurse and CEO of Cancer Options

In February 2023, my theory was put to the ultimate test. I presented it live to a panel of 10 international cancer experts during a six-hour event called Cancer Through Another Lens, in front of a global audience of over 200 medical professionals. The theory was scored 7.4 out of 10 for validity and merit—an unprecedented result for a citizen scientist offering a radically new model.

Today, I’m the author of The Cancer Resolution?—a multi-award-winning book that simplifies cancer science and empowers patients to understand their options. My mission is to help patients see the full picture before choosing a treatment path—not just the version they’re usually told.

Because the truth is, when you’re diagnosed with cancer, you don’t just need treatment. You need clarity. You need language you can understand. And above all, you need to know why a treatment works—not just that it exists.

The Cell Suppression Theory offers that “why.”
And if I’ve learned anything through this journey, it’s that sometimes the people furthest from the system are the ones best placed to question it.