Warning: ​“No one should ever die of ca*nc*er” is a bold claim that will always attract attention.

Warning: ​“No one should ever die of cancer” is a bold claim that will always attract attention.

This type of false messaging preys upon people at the most vulnerable point in their life.

Cancer isn’t one disease. It’s hundreds of different diseases with different causes, mutations, and treatment challenges.

If there really were a "simple" recipe that could wipe it all out, it would be strikingly easy to demonstrate that benefit in an animal model and then in a clinical trial. Researchers at government and non-profit organizations would jump at the chance to prove these alleged "cures".

The reason that hasn't happened is because these types of things unfortunately simply do not work, and not because it's being covered up by hundreds of thousands of people coordinating a dark network across the globe.

These posts prey on fear. They dangle false hope and distract from real progress being made in labs and clinics​ on treatments that actually do work against cancer.

​​From 1991 to 2022, cancer death rates fell roughly 34% in the USA.

From 2018 to 2022, the annual cancer mortality fell by an average of 1.7% per year for men and 1.3% for women.

Cancer researchers are making progress and are trying their hardest to improve outcomes for as many people as possible, but there remains much work to be done.

In the mean time, if you want to reduce your risk of getting cancer in the first place, there are some evidence-based things you can do: