He stepped back and said: 'I have already cured him'".
He has already had the shock of realizing that his lust had turned him unwittingly evil — thus he is cured even before he gets to the bell tower, and is propelled up the steps, powered by righteous anger, not to cure himself but to prove himself already cured.
These interventions carry cost and morbidity, which are clearly unwarranted if the patient is already cured of cancer.
The condition of the primary lesion was classified into two categories according to whether it was already cured, or was untreated and recurring.
Adjuvant therapy is given with curative intent, but in reality, many patients are already cured by surgery and others relapse despite adjuvant therapy.
Most patients in this group are currently offered adjuvant systemic therapy, although up to 70% of patients would not need it because they are already cured of their disease.
Finally, in our study, all patients had active TB and were receiving treatment at the time of the interviews unlike the Baltimore study who recruited patients who were already cured and had completed treatment.
These might be employed either during or after treatment for the first cancer although, of course, post-treatment interventions are the only options for patients already cured of a first cancer.
Moreover, many patients receive adjuvant therapy without any impact on survival, as most are already cured by surgery alone or the adjuvant therapy chosen does not work as intended.
S/he may even tell you: 'Pastor, I'm going to check whether there is HIV in there or God has already cured me?'...when s/he finds He's cured him/her, s/he'd come to tell you: 'Pastor, I've been cured'.
