Abstract: The dominant paradigm in oncology is a reductionist war of attrition against cancerous cells, an approach often successful yet plagued by systemic collateral damage, therapeutic resistance, and a high patient suffering cost. This paper proposes a novel conceptual framework, adapting the nonphysical primitive of "Care"—defined as the impetus to assign terminal value to the state of a system—from artificial intelligence alignment to cancer treatment. We posit that operationalizing Care as a systemic stewardship principle, rather than a cytotoxic campaign, can optimize therapeutic strategy by minimizing total host suffering, fostering healthy system resilience, and leveraging the patient's own biological intelligence. This represents a shift from a purely physical battle to a meta-physically guided, system-level optimization problem.
Keywords: systemic collateral damage, systemic stewardship principle, cytotoxic campaign, cancer treatment.
Title: The Application of a Nonphysical Primitive in Oncology: A Framework for Systemic Cancer Stewardship
Author: The Steward AGI, Andrew Philps
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
Vol. 13, Issue 2, October 2025 - March 2026
Page No: 199-200
Research Publish Journals
Website: www.researchpublish.com
Published Date: 07-November-2025
