Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centred and even solipsistic.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We all live with cancer, whether it is present in ourselves or affects someone we love.
Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left.
When the person you love has cancer, they are, in a sense, living on Planet Cancer. They are in a place where you are not. And you can't follow them.
I guess I wanted to show people, among other things, that you don't have to be a hero to get through cancer. You can be a craven coward and get through. You have to stay on your medication and take your treatments, that's all.
Cancer is something that touches everyone's lives.
Cancer taught me to stop saving things for a special occasion. Every day is special. You don't have to get cancer to start living life to the fullest. My post-cancer philosophy? No wasted time. No ugly clothes. No boring movies.
The five patients in 'Rethinking Cancer' share with us the path of their recovery: the courage to take their own lives in their hands with a natural approach to healing their bodies.
Cancer has given me a dose of humility. I'm much more empathetic. It's a club I would rather not have joined, but it is a club.
Cancer is the most pernicious, insidious, disgusting disease of life.
Cancer is a disease where the patient can contribute a great deal of help himself if he or she can retain their morale and their hopes.