Some common myths and misconceptions concerning cancers like melanoma are that it is contagious, cancer gets worse with the more sugar you consume, and that cancer is mostly fatal. However, all of these myths are not true. The chances of survival with cancer have improved by over 90% from what it was in the 1990s due to technological advances; even though cancer cells consume more glucose/sugar than normal cells, there is no correlation with the consumption of more sugar. Finally, cancer is not contagious except in the rare instance that cancerous tissue is transplanted into a healthy host (11).