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General
cancer awareness: "Myths and misconceptions"
Cancer
Association of Zimbabwe
February 04, 2013
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Presentation
by Dr Nomsa Tsikai, Radiation-Oncologist, College of Health Sciences,
University
of Zimbabwe at the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe, February
28, 2013.
Objectives
- Define Cancer
- Common Cancers in
Zimbabwe
- Causes of Cancer
- Treatment of Cancer
- General Myths and
Misconceptions
- Conclusions
Definitions
- MYTH: A myth is a
story that may or may not be true. Myths are generally very old.
No records or other proof that they happened. Some myths may have
started as 'true' stories but as people told and re-told them,
they may have changed some parts.
- MISCONCEPTION:
A view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking
or understanding. (misapprehension - misunderstanding)
- BELIEF: An
acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.
Something one accepts as true or real; a firmly held opinion or
conviction. (faith - trust - confidence)
- FACT: A thing
that is indisputably the case. Information used as evidence or
as part of a report or news article. (reality - deed - actuality
- truth - case - circumstance)
- TRUTH: The
quality or state of being true: That which is true or in accordance
with fact or reality: (verity - reality - fact)
Why so many myths
and misconceptions around cancer?
- Still an evolving
area: research still being carried out to answer questions that
we still have
- Not enough general
awareness/ lack of education; people getting information from
their communities ie prev experiences friends and loved ones
- Newer treatments now
available but still people refer to the past experiences
- Diverse disease, different
cancers mean different things to different people.
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