An investigation by the International Union Against Cancer revealed that beliefs about the disease are many, and in many cases erroneous.
The survey of more than 30,000 people from high-income countries and middle-and low determined that, for example, many believe that environmental pollution is a risk factor and that alcohol consumption does not increase the risk of disease Two dead wrong beliefs.
The fact that there is a dangerous misconception because if there is more education could minimize behaviors that are true risk factors. Correcting misconceptions could save more lives.
Some interesting facts: In high-income countries is not believed that alcohol intake may increase the risk of cancer. And yet, the risk of developing cancer increases with increasing alcohol consumption. Even in countries with high income and pollution stress factors are understood more dangerous than alcohol. When in fact stress is still not recognized as a cause of cancer and environmental pollution is one risk factor less than the consumption of alcohol.
In the low-income people do not believe you can do nothing against cancer, there is doubt about the effectiveness of treatments. What for the researchers is also an alarming because people do not feel encouraged to participate in various programs of analysis of cancer.
But one of the biggest concerns about the data that the study found is that people think they can not do anything against cancer development, it is believed that all factors are external and neglected issues such as overweight health is a state whose relationship with cancer has been proven.
It becomes necessary then a campaign of outreach and education about the factors that collaborate to the development of this disease and what to do once they are developed.
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