Claim: A tumour is a bag that collects poison from your body. A needle biopsy explodes the tumour and pours poison into the body, giving you cancer.
Fact-check: Tumours are not 'there to save your life' - Full Fact
Verdict: tumours are not bags of poison, they are masses of cells. some of these are benign, but some are cancerous. needle biopsies do not explode tumours, they are used to take a sample of cells for analysis.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2022-07-28T00:00:00