Talk:Disease Suppression/@comment-1075521-20160515004628/@comment-1075521-20160515141132

It was revealed in the 2003 storyline "The Hunger" that Eddie had cancer, and the Venom symbiote bonded to him in part because cancer causes the release of adrenaline, which the symbiote feeds on.

The symbiote suppressed Eddie's cancer, but didn't actually heal it.