Hi John,

We completely understand how you feel and you did well to share your frustration here!

While our press team do their best to get our side of the story published too, it’s not always easy. We do send out statements to the papers when we see stories which are potentially harmful or inaccurate and we do a lot of work on Social Media and on our Blog to get the message out.

You might be interested in this blog which you can share on social media yourself if you ever see something that frustrates you: http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2014/03/24/dont-believe-the-hype-10-persistent-cancer-myths-debunked/
 

Best wishes,

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

I found that science blog by chance yesterday & will recommend it.  I was looking for informationn about foodstuffs & diet & found the items on 'super foods' & sugar very interesting. There was some good news reported this week, on early testing by GPs, where they will consider the symptoms first then match them to particular cancers. That must be an improvement. The disspiriting news is of potential cures that won't be available for years, if ever, & the newspapers & broadcasters ought to be more responsible about reports on cancers.

I found that science blog by chance yesterday & will recommend it.  I was looking for informationn about foodstuffs & diet & found the items on 'super foods' & sugar very interesting. There was some good news reported this week, on early testing by GPs, where they will consider the symptoms first then match them to particular cancers. That must be an improvement. The disspiriting news is of potential cures that won't be available for years, if ever, & the newspapers & broadcasters ought to be more responsible about reports on cancers.