Why is everybody scared of Cancer?

[Moh]

Why is it when somebody talks about Cancer, they're instantly scared? I'v had a few family members, including my mum who have had Cancer and they have all survived. A lot of friends and friends of friends have had Cancer and survived.

So what exactly is it what scares everybody? Why is it that the media only publish bad news about Cancer?

[Apple]

I think part of the reason people do not like cancer is because cancer is one of them things that gets most of us in the end. Also a lot of people tend to have family members that have died from cancer so it is an illness they can kind of relate to.

[Nicola]

Well I think it's pretty scary at first because it can kill you... yes there are cures for it but you don't know if you can be cured until later on.

[beth]

i think because it's still a bit of an unknown. it's still a new disease really, and cancer is such a broad term that it covers so many scary things.

[Moh]

But why are people only aware of the bad cases of it? There's a lot of success stories nobody has really heard of.

[beth]

But why are people only aware of the bad cases of it? There's a lot of success stories nobody has really heard of.

i guess that's mainly down to media, a good success story never really is as "interesting" as a death.

[Special]

why are people scared of it?

well it can kill you, there is no cure, it can ruin your life, ruin your familys life, treatment is expensive & finally not everyone is as lucky as your mum

[Moh]

i guess that's mainly down to media, a good success story never really is as "interesting" as a death.
Bit disgusting how they do it just for money :(

why are people scared of it?

well it can kill you, there is no cure, it can ruin your life, ruin your familys life, treatment is expensive & finally not everyone is as lucky as your mumBut when it's a life threatening illness, surely you need some sort of hope and not all these depressing stories.

[Special]

Bit disgusting how they do it just for money :(
But when it's a life threatening illness, surely you need some sort of hope and not all these depressing stories.

yes indeed, but that was not your question

[Moh]

yes indeed, but that was not your question
Surely that's why people are scared? The treatment isn't very nice at all, but most people instantly think of dying when they hear they have cancer.

[Axel]

Personally, because the causes are kinda unknown and it can go undetected...

[RedStratocas]

Why is it that the media only publish bad news about Cancer?

this is probably the strangest question ive ever heard haha. thats like asking why the media only ever publish bad news about plane crashes. yeah sure there might be some survivers but just the fact that it happens is what makes it "bad news"

and i honestly don't see it as you described it, i probably hear just as many feel-good stories about people who have survived cancer as i have people who have died from it. really people who die from it usually just become statistics. hell, when i was in high school i had to read an entire book about lance armstrong's diagnosis and recovery from cancer (which was thus a happy story). really, i think cancer is one of the most RATIONAL things people fear. people fear stupid things that happen to so few people like terrorist attacks, plane crashes, swine flu etc. at least cancer effects an enormous amount of the population, i think it's completely reasonable to be scared of it.

[Sly]

I don't know people are weird I wanted to make a band called 'Cancer Jokes' but my friends didn't like the name ;[

[RedStratocas]

Surely that's why people are scared? The treatment isn't very nice at all, but most people instantly think of dying when they hear they have cancer.

...well wouldnt you too? lol its a really scary thing to have cancer, there is no cure and the odds of surviving certain types of it are pretty slim. i've never been faced with anything life-threatening, so if i had cancer, even if the doctors told me there would be an 80% chance i would survive, i would still be pretty terrified since 20% is still a reasonable chance.

[Petite$]

Both of my grandfathers died of cancer & a woman I know has it, she's just gone partially blind. That's why I'm scared but I think if it didn't effect anyone I knew then I wouldn't be so afraid of it.