Terminal cancer patients1could be treated more successfully and even cured by being placed into hibernation,a leading expert claims.Scientists have found that allowing the body to enter a state of torpor~2significantly protects it against the toxic effects of radiotherapy.And it stops tumours from growing. Terminal cancer patients1could be treated more successfully and even cured by being placed into hibernation, a leading expert claims.Scientists have found that allowing the body to enter a state of torpor ~ 2significantly protects it against the toxic effects of radiotherapy. Anywhere it tumours from growing.