after its name was being used to disseminate false information about cancer. Per the anonymous authors, cancer was attributed to nutritional deficiencies, noted to reside inside all bodies, said to spread through surgery and stated to be a disease of the mind, body and spirit.
Further, a patient’s susceptibility to fake cancer news is not due to paranoia. As physician and executive director of, “It’s instructive to unpack why people believe what they do.” More often than not, there is a certain non-evidenced or faith-based belief system undergirding these thoughts, or it is borne out of a search for hope in the face of a grim prognosis.
Given the troubling prospect of a post-truth era, Silicon Valley and the news media need to be vigilant. But the responsibility begins with the scientific community and oncologists, who most intimately understand the stakes here.
THINK What should actually bother this physician is people being unable to afford to see a doctor due to poor or no health insurance. Going after online medical advice is unethical in my opinion. Charging people cash to see you & get same advice is even more unethical.
THINK Unfortunately, the people who need to read this piece will never do it.
THINK What, you have to make a diagnosis under scrutiny? You can't just say 'common is common' and hope it is the common cause anymore because people question you?
THINK Nice