It is beneficial to know about diseases and their symptoms, as it helps you recognise illnesses in their early stages and ensure proper medical treatment. However, some of us are overly anxious and associate every symptom with a serious illness. They think that they have cancer or a tumour even if they get a slight headache or a throat ache. Such people lose their sleep imagining the worst. Dr Honeysh George, a specialist in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery at Kachhwa Christian Hospital, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, discusses the common misconceptions people have about cancer. 

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Pain and discomfort on throat may be due to many other illnesses too. Representative Photo: Kourdakova Alena/ Shutterstock
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Maintaining oral health can help avoid cancer. Representative Photo: iStock/shironosov
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