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Claire Friedman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses some of the factors that doctors and elderly patients with melanoma should discuss before deciding on a treatment plan with immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is not one-size-fits all, and patients should be informed of the pros and cons of each option.

After cancer, calm and anxiety go from two separate states of mind to form a new way of thinking and perhaps even fighting the fears that come with being a cancer survivor.

One often hears cancer survivors proclaim with pride, honor and dignity, “I never asked why this happened to me.” Unintentionally, this sets the standard for those who follow, creating the unwritten rule that asking why is to admit weakness, to be unfit for battle.

Every day seems to link another food or behavior to my cancer diagnosis. Those endless recommendations sometimes just minimize what I am going through. Am I wrong to say enough is enough?