Question ID: WS-4
Submitted by: Sara Barton
January 20, 2011
I've met a number of Stage IV patients over the years who have survived at that level well past the expected norm, many for more than four years beyond, and these specific patients seem to have life survival skills that they brought to the cancer situation. They also often had spouses with similar survival skills learned through catastrophic events they endured. These patients have learned to identify subtle physical changes that allow them to get immediate treatment for metasticized cancers. Do people who have these existing survival skills fare better during cancer treatment as a result of previous (often unrelated)catastrophic experience, and are their experienced spouses a significant factor in their survival? If so, can these same survival skills be taught to other cancer patients?
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Submitted By Masoud Manjili
Identification of hormones and chemicals that are increased in individuals with life survival skills as well as their effects on the immune system would provide us with valuable information as to how to enhance an effective immune response in cancer patients.