cancerophobia
Fear of malignancy
Cancerophobia is an intense, irrational fear of developing cancer.
The fear may persist despite medical reassurance and can interfere with daily life, sometimes causing people to avoid routine screenings or, conversely, to seek excessive medical testing.
Also called carcinophobia.
Intense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- alarmUrgent warning signal
fright · apprehension · trepidation · paranoia · anxiety · worry · nervousness · unease
Cancer medicine specialty
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
metastasis · malignancy · diagnosis · prognosis · mammogram · screening · carcinogen · lump
Excessive illness worry
- neurosisFunctional mental disorder
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
compulsion · preoccupation · somatization · psychosomatic · body-checking · cyberchondria · nocebo · therapeutic
Act of escaping detection
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- escapismHabitual mental retreat
- distancingCreating space or separation
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
alarm · fright · apprehension · trepidation · paranoia · anxiety · worry · nervousness · unease · angst
oncology
Cancer medicine specialty
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
biopsy · metastasis · malignancy · diagnosis · prognosis · mammogram · screening · carcinogen · lump · mole
hypochondria
Excessive illness worry
- neurosisFunctional mental disorder
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
rumination · compulsion · preoccupation · somatization · psychosomatic · body-checking · cyberchondria · nocebo · therapeutic · counseling
thanatophobia
Dread of perishing
- trypanophobiaIrrational dread of injections
- carcinophobiaFear of cancer
evasion
Act of escaping detection
- phobiasclaustrophobia, agoraphobia, bibliophobia, acrophobia, aquaphobia