Celia Diez de los Rios: Understanding Fears and Trust Issues in Cancer Information
Celia Diez de los Rios, Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“I may be suffering from the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon (as it’s officially known) or the red car syndrome (commonly known), as since I came to see the news that made me speak about the problem of sensationalism, now my ears and eyes are very focused on cancer information/ fears/misinformation/sensationalism.
I do follow some groups and people either living with cancer or cancer support groups, and it seems to me like the last weeks they have been posting more about common fears and how difficult it is to trust what you read (or see/hear as TikTok and Instagram are also sources of information/misinformation).
Prior to my annual leave, just a bit after the sensationalism post, I was sitting in a consultation (not my consultation and was not an oncology consultation), and I heard someone with an ‘evidence-based’ conviction against some cancer treatments that got me really worried.
We spoke here about sensationalism, but when it comes to ‘evidence-based’, it becomes even more difficult to differenciate what can be trusted or not trusted.
I could not help it, and at the end, I asked if this person would be happy to send some of that information. I did not enter a debate but did offer to discuss about it if I was interested. I may not change this person’s opinion, but at least it gives me the chance to understand other people’s fears and worries.”
More posts featuring Celia Diez de los Rios.
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Challenging the Status Quo in Colorectal Cancer 2024
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ASCO Annual Meeting
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Yvonne Award 2024
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OncoThon 2024, Online
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Global Summit on War & Cancer 2023, Online
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