Treating the effect as the cause is waisting valuable time in finding a cure for cancer. A Study found that depressed people lived shorter lives when they had cancer. Apparently, depression per se, hope, optimism and anxiety were tested. Findings showed that those suffering from these "attributes" didn't live as long as "optimists" who were also cancer sufferers.
A great leap of faith was made to claim that mood sufferers did not seek second opinions on cancer. Note that this was not proven it was just surmised. Overall findings were that optimism did not lead to better survival in people with cancer. Well this is game. set and match. You can't have it both ways. Either being optimistic improves survival or it doesn't.
There is no doubt that psychological treatment would improves the well being of cancer patients, but let's not get ahead of ourselves and say cancer sufferers would live longer. A great deal of money is set aside for medical research. We have to be careful to ensure this money is well spent.
A great leap of faith was made to claim that mood sufferers did not seek second opinions on cancer. Note that this was not proven it was just surmised. Overall findings were that optimism did not lead to better survival in people with cancer. Well this is game. set and match. You can't have it both ways. Either being optimistic improves survival or it doesn't.
There is no doubt that psychological treatment would improves the well being of cancer patients, but let's not get ahead of ourselves and say cancer sufferers would live longer. A great deal of money is set aside for medical research. We have to be careful to ensure this money is well spent.
