Cancer Myths

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Myths around Cancer

• Vedant Kabra
• Principal Director
• Department of Surgical Oncology
• Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon and
  Fortis Healthcare, Delhi-NCR
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail drvedant_at_gmail.com

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Tumor OR Cancer
TUMORS
CANCER
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Cancer is always Hereditary
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GENETIC
INFECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL / HABITS
Interplay of Environment Genes
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Cancer is Contagious
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Biopsy / FNAC causes Spread of Cancer
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Dont put knife to cancer it would spread like
a WILDFIRE !!
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Complete removal of breast is better than breast
Conservation
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Mobile phones, Deodorants, Dark colored innerwear
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Sugar, Alternative therapies
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Comparing treatments / Outcomes

• Tumors behave differently in different
  individuals
• So does treatment !!

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Cancer is Incurable
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