Misplaced Beliefs Could Lead to Risky Behavior

From the American Cancer Society is a study of false beliefs about cancer which should be available on all health department web sites. The findings, published in the ACS journal Cancer, are based on a survey conducted in 2002 of nearly 1,000 US adults who had never had cancer. Participants were asked to respond to 12 statements about cancer with true, not true, or don't know. Discovery Health Channel and Prevention magazine helped design the survey.