Counterspin for Health Care and Health News
Orac, over at Respectful Insolence, is an oncologist and has provided extensive, helpful comments to help put the news on Elizabeth Edwards' breast cancer metastasis into context.
posted by Emily DeVoto, Ph.D., @ 3/23/2007 11:03:00 AM
is an independent health care consultant, epidemiologist, and journalism groupie. She is exploring ways to promote, via the Internet, the use of evidence to improve health care and health journalism. Suggestions and co-conspirators always welcome. She can be reached at emily dot devoto at gmail dot com.
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Breast Cancer metastasis
Common Breast Cancer Myths
The first myth pertaining to this disease is that it only affects women.
Second myth that is associated with this disease is that if one has found a lump during an examination, it is cancer.
Third is that it is solely hereditary
The next myth associated with breast cancer is downright ridiculous. Would you believe, that in this day and age, some individuals still think that breast cancer is contagious?
Conversely, some individuals foolishly believe that breast size determines whether or not one gets cancer.
Finally, another myth that is associated with this disease is that it only affects older people. This is not so. Although the chance of getting breast cancer increases with age, women as young as 18 have been diagnosed with the disease.
You can find a number of helpful informative articles on Breast Cancer metastasis at breast-cancer1.com
Breast Cancer metastasis
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