Cancer: Facts, Misconceptions, and What Science Says
Cancer… The most talked-about, yet perhaps the most misunderstood, disease.
“Miracle cures” circulating on social media, promising lab studies that never reach patients, exaggerated hopes transferred from mouse experiments to humans… We are in a realm where information and misinformation are intertwined.
In this episode, we speak with oncologist Dr. İlyas Şahin, who conducts his research at Harvard University, about the biggest misconceptions about cancer, how the immune system misses cancer, how realistic the concept of “smart drugs” is, and the limitations of early diagnosis.
Is cancer a single disease? Will the real revolution be finding a cure, or learning to prevent cancer from starting in the first place?
We speak calmly and clearly, focusing on science.