Myths about cancer

Myth 1: Do not use the phone too often because it can cause cancer.
This myth came from past research are worrying about cell phone use. Although the study cohort and retrospective earlier said that mobile phone use linked to cancer, basically this has been refuted in a new, more extensive
research.
Myth 2: Always use a sunscreen before going out. Sunscreen can prevent skin cancer.
Sunscreen can help prevent cancer, but sunscreen itself can not guarantee that you will not get cancer. Protection from the sun requires the use of umbrellas and clothing.
However, lately many studies that seem to say that sunscreens protect only one type of skin cancer. Further research is still in the process.
Myth 3: I always see the doctors to eat meat that is burned to charcoal. I guess it would not increase the risk of cancer.
In this case, it is difficult to say agree or disagree. Depending on the definition of how much you "regular eating" grilled meat .. Once a day is also "regularly", as well as once every 6 months. Even more important is the frequency: very often, not very often, sometimes, or rarely. The study diet difficult to do kar ena we only rely on memory of each person.
Also, cooking with charcoal grills depending on the final product from the grill, that is, until charred, or still half raw. However, heterocyclic aromatic amines (Haa) of grilled meat have been known to cause liver cancer, colon, breast, skin, prostate and lung cancer in mice.
In addition, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) of meat that is burned / baked with charcoal is also associated with oncogenic mutations seen in experimental animal models. So, we need to remember this data when grilling meat on the charcoal grill.
Myth 4: If the grandmother and / or your mother's breast cancer, then you must also be affected by breast cancer.
It is true, that if the grandmother and mother both are breast cancer, especially if they had cancer before age 50 years, a woman's risk of developing breast cancer is higher. If one (not both) are affected by breast cancer, the risk is not that high, but remains higher than women with no history of cancer in the family at all.
However, it does not mean that she will definitely get cancer. For example, when compared with a woman with no history of cancer in the family, the woman of his immediate family (siblings or mother's sister) had a history of breast cancer would be 1.5 to 3 times higher risk of developing breast cancer.
Women, who have close family history of breast cancer, breast cancer should be screened to obtain medical confirmation. For women over 40 years, the examination carried out using a mammogram.