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‘Fighter, warrior, hero – these are among the cliches unpopular with some cancer patients, a survey finds.’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47002578
The UK poll by Macmillan Cancer Support of 2,000 people who have or had cancer found “cancer-stricken” and “victim” were also among the least-liked terms…
Calling a person’s cancer diagnosis a “war” or a “battle” and saying they had “lost their battle” or “lost their fight” when they died, were other unpopular descriptions, according to the poll carried out by YouGov.
Articles in the media and posts on social networks were found to be the worst offenders for using such language…
Mandy Mahoney, 47, has incurable metastatic breast cancer… prefers “clear, factual language” and describes herself simply as “living with incurable cancer”… “it is fine to not always know what to say.
If you tell me it’s awkward and you don’t know what to say I will find a way to make that right for you, and actually on some occasions I might say ‘we don’t have to talk about it’. But just be real.”
Macmillan Cancer Support has launched a campaign to highlight the challenges posed by a cancer diagnosis and the support available.
I would be interested to know, what is the experience of HIFA members in different countries?
Best wishes, Neil
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