Having had cancer recently, I felt the opposite: happy that the prognosis for many cancers is dramatically better than it was a few decades ago. On the other ha

Having had cancer recently, I felt the opposite: happy that the prognosis for many cancers is dramatically better than it was a few decades ago. On the other hand, it has made me aware that for many people with cancer, news about developments in cancer treatment feels like a matter of personal life and death, even if it's usually not relevant to their specific type of cancer, and not likely to be ready in time to result in any change to their treatment.