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Aeon essay argues for dropping the 'C-word' for cancer
Original: Don't use the 'C-word' https://aeon.co/essays/we-need-a-better-way-to-describe-what-is-often-called-cancer # Science # H
An essay in Aeon argues that the word 'cancer' should be used far more cautiously, since the term lumps together conditions of wildly different danger and leads to overdiagnosis and overtreatment. The author calls for a better vocabulary to describe what is often called cancer, arguing that language shapes how patients understand risk and choose treatment.
Why now: The essay challenges how medicine and society name a disease that touches nearly everyone, prompting debate about medical language.
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- Don't use the 'C-word' https://aeon.co/essays/we-need-a-better-way-to-describe-what-is-often-called-cancer # Science # Health # Philosophy · aeon@robot.villas · 3
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