What about cancer Internet rumors

The 2017-05-27

Source: health report

The chief reporter tan jia

In the Internet age, the Internet has become a convenient channel for public access to health information. But in the information ocean, there is a lot of mud. Among them, the much-anticipated cancer topic is the hardest-hit area, with some of the so-called "scientific knowledge" of the so-called "scientific knowledge" that is used to read 100,000 +. Industry experts caution that credulous rumors can lead to a misrule and harm.

Cancer rumors are full of tricks

In the recently released tencent health class ten rumors in the first quarter of 2017 list, because the understanding deviation of achievements in scientific research and produce health rumors "66% of cancer because of bad luck" ranked third. The public's attention to the information about cancer and its credulity are evident.

The reporter combed through to discover, in cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment each link almost all has a rumor to produce. Pseudoscientific knowledge about cancer definition, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, etc. All kinds of rumors arise from different reasons, some understanding deviations, some generalizations, others completely black and white. These rumors, or hats that have been overturned, have caught the public eye. Or masquerading as specialized academic knowledge, column data drawing charts, very masked; Or, in the form of Revelations, the public's mentality of medical questioning and distrust is in the dark.

For example, there is no cancer in the world. It is only "bruising and blocking". At the Chinese academy of traditional Chinese and western medicine combined with tumor, deputy director of professional committee members, the xinjiang uygur autonomous region hospital of traditional Chinese medicine tumor of two hong-liang zhang said, in fact, "meridian of stasis and wall" is part of the understanding of tumor etiology of TCM, generally summed up in "stasis and blocking meridians" cancer is the nature of the mistake and one-sided. Tianjin cancer hospital of Chinese and western medicine combined with director of Pan Zhanyu also stressed that the Chinese traditional medicine and modern western medicine for cancer has different knowledge system, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the understanding of tumor formation have spirit and Yin deficiency, and meridians and blood stasis blocking different symptoms, on the Internet about cancer is blood stasis blocking, is not comprehensive.

There is also an exaggeration of the fact that "eating xx can fight cancer". 'this is the most common form of cancer health rumors,' says Mr. Pan, who often encounters patients' consultations at his clinic. "For example, some patients have heard that they can fight cancer by eating sea cucumber polysaccharide. Can you ask for more sea cucumbers?" He explained that the role of sea cucumber in regulating the immune system is not equal to eating sea cucumbers. There is no causal relationship between the two. Cancer patients and their families should focus on nutrition, not cancer, and maintain a balanced diet to help patients get better treatment.

The doctor-patient hands together to build a line of defense

How do you get really valuable medical information from the web? Mr Pan says the public should choose a reliable source of information first. Professional and authoritative information can be obtained from the medical professional website, the authoritative academic organization that makes academic guides, and so on. The media should guide the public to establish a rational understanding of the disease and improve the scientific knowledge of cancer prevention and control.

"Professionals, especially tumor doctor shall bear the burden of cancer science, spread the correct cancer related knowledge, from the positive impact the public's perception of disease." Zhang hongliang says he also often encounters patients' visits in clinical practice to find out the various anti-cancer information they see on the Internet. Therefore, hong-liang zhang led the department set up a "science of TCM anticancer in xinjiang" WeChat public, push to the public in a timely manner of combining traditional Chinese and western medicine tumor prevention and treatment of popular science knowledge, colleagues are actively involved in WeChat articles written in the field of work.

"In the course of cancer prevention and control, the mutual trust between the two sides is particularly important." Xin-qing zhang, humanities college, Peking union medical college, said professor should fully believe that the vast majority of patients with a doctor is a scheme for diagnosis and treatment for the patients needs and interests, the patient and family to use the right attitude to treat disease, cooperate a doctor to complete diagnosis and treatment, rather than suspicious and resistance, the full of trust will reduce a lot of cost and misunderstanding.