cancer schmancer

apparently americans have been thinking about cancer all wrong. according to a recent study and subsequent online article, americans believe a bunch of myths about cancer like...

• surgically removing cancer causes it to spread through the body
• there's a cure, but the government and drug companies are holding it back to make money.
• cancer's color under natural light is magenta-ish
• if you have cancer and you sneeze on someone, they'll get cancer, too
• riding a cancer patient's bike would give you cancer
• doctors listen to classical music in operating rooms because it helps them relax
• cancer is deadly

when actually...

• surgically removing cancer removes cancer from your body
• there is no cure, and the government really wishes there was
• cancer's color under natural light is brown or black
• if you have cancer and sneeze on someone, they'll get aids
• riding a cancer patient's bike is a situation not likely to come up in real life
• doctors listen to classical music in operating rooms because they're elitist snobs
• actually, yeah cancer is pretty deadly.

for more information on cancer, i recommend you google cancer.