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...hard to keep up with all the latest news on cancer, and a new survey from the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows that many Americans still harbor potentially dangerous misconceptions about the disease. Not being fully informed about the risks could promote cancer-causing behaviors, says lead survey author Kevin Stein...
...determine how cancer-savvy the U.S. public is, Stein and his team created 12 false or unsubstantiated statements about cancer risk and risk factors, then asked nearly 1,000 U.S. adults by phone whether they believed the statements to be true, false, or if they didn't know...
Below are the top five misconceptions from the survey, published in the Sept. 1 issue of Cancer...
...risk of dying from cancer in the United States is increasing...
About 68% of those surveyed believed this to be true, although the cancer mortality rate has actually been decreasing since the 1990s. Overall, thanks to more aggressive screening programs and better treatments, the five-year survival rate of all cancers taken together has been climbing for the past 30 years, from 51% between...