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When I delivered the keynote address at our joint 1977 symposium on Cancer, Stress, and Death in Montreal, I took great pride in announcing my unique qualification for this singular honor-I had survived a normally fatal cancer, a histiocytic reticulosarcoma that had developed under the skin of my thigh several years pre viously. Faced with the physical and emotional realities of this situa tion, I refused to retreat from life in desperation. I immediately underwent surgery and cobalt therapy, but insisted on knowing my chances for a lasting recovery, which at that time seemed far from encouraging. Although I knew it would take tremendous self-discipline, I was determined to continue living and working without worrying about the outcome. I suppressed any thoughts of my ostensibly imminent death, but rewrote my will, including in it several suggestions for the continuation of my work by my colleagues. Having taken care of that business, I promptly forced myself to disregard the whole calamity. I immersed myself in my work-and I survived! But, of course, this was not my only reason for my feelings of pride and accomplishment.

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Book category Books in English Medicine Clinical & internal medicine Diseases & disorders

• Full title: Cancer, Stress, and Death
• Author: J. Tache
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 233
• EAN: 9781468434613
• ISBN: 1468434616
• ID: 05181810
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Weight: 397 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. March 2013

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