Myths and Facts about Cancer

Lot of information about cancer is available online but most of it is misleading or wrong, misconceptions about cancer causes can lead to unnecessary worry about your health. Find out whether there’s any truth to these common myths about the causes of cancer.

Common myths about cancer

Cancer is not curable, it means end of life!

This is absolutely misleading statement, as more than 80% cancers can be treated if diagnosed in early stages. Right treatment combines with positive lifestyle can increase the life span of the patients.

Is cancer contagious?

Cancer is not contagious disease and therefore cannot spread through kissing, or touching. A healthy person cannot catch cancer from a person who has the disease, nor can it be spread by close contact with a cancer patient. Only in rare circumstance in which cancer can be passed from one person to another involves organ or tissue transplant.

Is Biopsy or FNACNB helps in spreading cancer?

Specialist surgeons know how to safely take biopsy samples and to remove tumors without causing cancer to spread. They may remove some healthy tissue around the cancer, to ensure that all of the detectable cancer is removed.