I Am A Scientist And I Am

A Positive Attitude Does Not Cure Cancer, Any More Than A Negative One Causes It.

I Had Seen Cancer At A More Cellular Level As A Researcher. The First Time I Entered The Cancer Ward, My First Instinct Was To Withdraw From What Was Going On - The Complexity, The Death. It Was A Very Bleak Time.

There Is A Very Moving And Ancient Connection Between Cancer And Depression.

In 2005, A Man Diagnosed With Multiple Myeloma Asked Me If He Would Be Alive To Watch His Daughter Graduate From High School In A Few Months. In 2009, Bound To A Wheelchair, He Watched His Daughter Graduate From College. The Wheelchair Had Nothing To Do With His Cancer. The Man Had Fallen Down While Coaching His Youngest Son's Baseball Team.

Good Physicians Are Rarely Dispassionate. They Agonize And Self-doubt Over Patients.