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Cancer Myth

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Cancer Myth
Any popular but erroneous belief about the nature of malignancy, which may sharply differ from available scientific evidence

cancer myth
Any popular belief about the nature of malignancy, which may sharply differ from available scientific evidence. See Cancer fallacy, Unproven forms of cancer therapy.


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It also is important to dispel cancer myths, reiterate the fact that the virus can be transmitted in the absence of symptoms or lesions, and recommend counseling and testing for sexual partners, she said.
Deftly compiling Neil Ruzic's seminal and ground-breaking studies, Racing To A Cure offers medical students, health care workers, cancer patients, and non-specialist general readers a complete understanding of alternative therapies used to extend his life as a cancer patient, ranging from state-of-the-art molecularly based technologies, to debunking widespread cancer myths.
EXPOSING MYTHS: A one-hour special on ``Top 10 Cancer Myths,'' at 8 tonight on Discovery Health Channel, addresses common misconceptions that Americans have about the disease.
 
 
 
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