Sometimes it seems like everything can cause cancer. Thankfully that’s not true and neither are these popular myths about the dreaded disease. You may hear that if cancer happens, nothing can cure it. You may hear that sugar can cause cancer and so on.
You must know those myths about cancer to keep a happy life and enjoy everything in your life without worry of getting cancer for you and your family.
10Myth: Having surgery can cause a cancer to spread or grow
“Cancer spreads through the blood or lymphatic system. Having surgery does not increase its potential to spread and most of the time actually decreases it.” —Carla Fisher, MD, assistant professor of surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.