Cancerous cell just continue to divide giving rise to mases of cells called tumor.
The scientist who refuses to consider new evidence, assuming he or she is not biased or incompetent could do it because if there is a big amount of evidence indicating otherwise, this one new piece of evidence is unlikely and they prefer to wait for more evidence or for analysis of whether this current evidence is not false.
thus this scientist is being skeptical (practicing skepticism) by ignoring this new evidence.
<span>aestus = tide
estuary = where the river meets the sea (specifically where freshwater and seawater mix)</span>