Opinion: I respect you, cancer, but you’re killing both of us

You and I’ve been locked in a life-and-death struggle for six years but have never talked.

It’s time we had a chat.

Speaking directly to cancer cells might strike some folks as loony. But studies of the placebo effect and its evil twin, the nocebo effect, show that our thoughts and beliefs can heal or harm our bodies. Mind-body connections are not well understood, but I hope you and I can find a way to have a frank conversation.

Let me start by admitting that it’s hard not to hate you.