scholarly journals Cancer risk perceptions in an urban Mediterranean population

2005 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Montse García ◽  
Esteve Fernández ◽  
Josep Maria Borràs ◽  
F. Javier Nieto ◽  
Anna Schiaffino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Mediterranean Population ◽  
Cancer Risk Perceptions

Biased Lung Cancer Risk Perceptions: Smokers are Misinformed

2018 ◽  
Vol 238 (5) ◽  
pp. 395-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas R. Ziebarth
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Cancer Diagnosis ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Lung Cancer Risk ◽  
Lifetime Risk ◽  
Lung Cancer Diagnosis ◽  
Cancer Risk Perceptions ◽  
Overall Mortality

Abstract This paper empirically investigates biased beliefs about the risks of smoking. First, it confirms the established tendency of people to overestimate the lifetime risk of a smoker to contract lung cancer. In this paper’s survey, almost half of all respondents overestimate this risk. However, 80% underestimate lung cancer deadliness. In reality, less than one in five patients survive five years after a lung cancer diagnosis. Due to the broad underestimation of the lung cancer deadliness, the lifetime risk of a smoker to die of lung cancer is underestimated by almost half of all respondents. Smokers who do not plan to quit are significantly more likely to underestimate this overall mortality risk.

Coping after cancer: Risk perceptions, worry, and health behaviors among colorectal cancer survivors

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 367-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy B. Mullens ◽  
Kevin D. McCaul ◽  
Shannon C. Erickson ◽  
Ann K. Sandgren
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Colorectal Cancer Survivors ◽  
After Cancer ◽  
Cancer Risk Perceptions
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