I don't know if there's anything you can do, except for giving him comfort and maybe pointing him to resources. As a cancer patient myself (although my prognos

I don't know if there's anything you can do, except for giving him comfort and maybe pointing him to resources. As a cancer patient myself (although my prognosis was way better than his and I seem to be recovering just fine after 2 years in remission) I'd tell him to be careful about the way he reads the '35% survival' number. In most cancer studies the groups are defined by the stage of the cancer, which means all patients with, say, 'testicular cancer, non-seminoma stage IIIc (bulky)' will get put together in the same group, independent of age, physical condition, access to excellence centers, psychological conditions, etc. But obviously a healthy 19 year old with a supportive family, access to good doctors and a strong will to live will fare much better than a 60 year old with a compromised immune system and a late diagnosis. That's not even accounting for selection bias (certain cancers happen mostly to people in a certain age range, say 45-60, or 15-30 in the case of testicular cancer) so the average survival rate is even more skewed. In other words, if he was healthy before the cancer and keeps his morale up, he's got a great chance to be in the 35%! Tell him not to despair. Chemo is a bitch, getting an infection while neutropenic is no joke (I got two pneumonias in a period of 3 months, worst pain ever) and there's every reason to feel like shit. But once it's over, it's like having a new chance at life and it gives you a completely different perspective. Please feel free to PM me.