OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,912 Likes: 52 | I had a conversation with someone from the NCI today and a little gem of a statement just came out in the conversation that I thought I would pass along in respect to recurrence, and the psychological aspects of survivorship. It was this.... After treatment you may be declared cancer-free, but that does not mean you are free of your cancer......... I was trying to explain the issues of survivorship.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. |