[scirpaceus]

And conversely, nobody loses to cancer. It's a draw at best, considering that the cancer dies with the host.

[Typhon]

That's not true in the sense that the cancer doesn't have objectives per se, therefore it doesn't have anything to lose in the sense that matters.

[austinjp]

Not necessarily:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks

[rowanG077]

The cancer doesn't really win or lose. Does fire lose when it has consumed all there is?