About the Book

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Cancer looms large. The National Cancer Institute estimates that 2,041,910 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States, and 618,120 people will die from the disease in 2025 alone. In 2022 there were an estimated 18.1 million cancer survivors in the United States. The number of new cancer cases is projected to rise to 26 million by 2040.

Cancer turns your world and that of your loved ones upside-down. With the rise of cancer cases and recent dramatic advances in treatment, millions of patients are living with cancer-related and treatment-related distress. When Cancer Visits: How to Free Your Mind From the Grip of Distress and Heal Your Jolted Nervous System offers a unique individualized approach to handling cancer distress. This guide will serve as your companion on your cancer journey, bringing light, understanding, and meaning to this elusive space, and getting you through cancer emotionally intact.

Those diagnosed with cancer will need encouragement, resources, and support to help them through a challenging, life-threatening time. The inspiring and empowering book, When Cancer Visits expertly written by a physician with training and experience in internal medicine, psychiatry and integrative medicine shows you how to learn to solve the challenges that arise with cancer.