Cancer Myths

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Cancer Myths

• Interactive questions and answers

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Question 1

• There is evidence that Mobile phones can give you
  brain cancer
• TRUE
• FALSE

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• B FALSE
• So far, most studies have found no sufficient
• evidence to link mobile phones use and
• brain cancer.

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Question 2

• What of the general public says that cancer is
  a national health priority?
• 17
• 35
• 76
• 90

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• Answer C 76

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Question 3

• Cancer can be caused by a knock or a bruise
• TRUE
• FALSE
• IN SOME CASES

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• B FALSE
• Cancer Research UK survey, up to 40 of the
  people questioned mistakenly believed that if men
  bruise their testicles or women their breasts it
  could trigger the disease. But injuries such as
  bruises, cuts, or broken bones cannot cause
  cancer.

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Question 4

• What of cancer patients with pain are likely to
  become addicted to morphine and other strong
  painkillers?
• Less than 1
• 11
• 23

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• A Less than 1
• What most people mean by this is, 'Will I become
  hooked and unable to
• stop the morphine, even if I no longer need it
  for pain control?'
• The answer is a definite 'No!'
• Over the years, we have treated several thousand
  cancer patients with
• morphine. We have never had trouble stopping
  treatment because of
• 'addiction'. People who need strong painkillers
  to control their pain do
• not become addicted to their medications, and
  they do not usually
• cause any harm
• Dr Robert Twycross MA DM FRCP, Macmillan Clinical
  Reader in Palliative
• Medicine, University of Oxford

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Question 5

• In a National Opinion Poll. How many men and
  women wrongly believe that you can catch cancer
  itself from somebody who has the disease
• 50 men 30 women
• 30 men 20 women
• 25 men 20 women

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A 50 men 30 women
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Question 6

• Lung cancer is just a smokers disease.
• TRUE
• FALSE

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• B FALSE
• Although the major risk factor of lung cancer
• is smoking, around one in six people with
• lung cancer have never smoked

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Question 7

• How many cancers could Britons adopting a healthy
  lifestyle prevent?
• None
• 10-20 of cancers
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• 50 of all cancers

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• D 50 of all cancers

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Question 8

• You have less chance of developing lung cancer if
  you smoke low tar cigarettes rather than high tar
  ones.
• TRUE
• FALSE

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• B FALSE.
• Still exposed to over 4000 chemicals and
• often these people inhale more deeply

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Question 9

• You are more likely to suffer long term effects
  from drinking and have an increased risk of
  developing some cancers if you.
• Binge drink alcohol
• Drink alcohol every day
• Just drink at the weekends

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• B Drink alcohol every day

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Question 10

• Regularly eating meat cooked on a charcoal grill
  can increase your risk for cancer.
• TRUE
• FALSE

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• A TRUE

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Question 11

• Living in a polluted city is a greater risk for
  lung cancer than smoking a pack of cigarettes a
  day
• TRUE
• FALSE

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• B FALSE

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Question 12

• What are the main risk factors for cancer of the
  Bowel
• Smoking and diet
• Smoking and Obesity
• Alcohol, obesity, family history, diet
• Family history, diet and obesity

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• C Alcohol, obesity, family history, diet

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Question 13

• What are the main risk factors for oral cancers
• Smoking, Alcohol, poor diet / nutrition
• Smoking and alcohol
• Smoking, diet / nutrition

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• A Smoking, Alcohol, poor diet / nutrition

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Question 14

• Over 99 of cervical cancers are caused by
  exposure to a virus
• TRUE
• FALSE

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• A TRUE- Human Papillomavirus
• HPV the facts RCN 2006 TYPES 16 AND 18 cause 70
  of
• cancers the other types cause around 30.
• There is a new vaccine for 12 and 13 year olds
  with a
• catch up programme for older girls

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Question 15

• How many children under the age of 15 develops
  cancer?
• 1 in 500
• 1 in 1000
• 1 in 1500

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• A 1 in 500 (CRUK)

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