Monday, June 27, 2005

Poll Finds Many Americans Believe Cancer Myths

Poll Finds Many Americans Believe Cancer Myths
(Science Daily)
People who were over 65 years, of non-White race, residents of the South, or self-identified as without much or any understanding of cancer were likely to hold more misconceptions. The survey found little relation between people’s self-assessment of cancer knowledge and the accuracy of their answers. For four of the five questions, there was no significant difference in prevalence of endorsement of the inaccuracies between the groups who called themselves “very informed,” “somewhat informed,” or “not very informed.”

How surprising!
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