BenedicteCallanExamples of cancer related misinformation:
Cancer screening is unnecessary
Diet and supplements cure cancer...
Pharma/FDA are hiding the cure for cancer for financial reasons
What could government do to address the proliferation of misinformation/disinformation?
ASCO rep talks about how they decide what and how to communicate about scientific and clinical advances in cancer:
ASCO is coming up and reporters were asked how they sort the importance and trustworthiness of reports and talks.
StatNews reporter and radio reporter have very different views on how to best communicate scientific and clinical findings.
StatNews reporter and radio reporter have very different views on how to best communicate scientific and clinical findings.
Is the timeframe between science and the clinic creating distrust among the public. Interesting comment from Sylvia Cho of NCI.
Sorry broke the thread...
Dr Cho speaks about the redflags of misinformation.
The panel discusses where medical misinformation flourishes and the role of alternative medicine in traditional care. Kind of surprising turn.
They played a video from Dr Califf about the dangers of misinformation for cancer patients. Spoke of the back sliding of American health outcomes and increasing health disparities... Wants cancer care to continue improve.
The panel is wrapping up. It was more interesting than I had thought it would be. Hopefully recorded here:
