Well I guess it goes back to one of my other blogs, is cancer a gift. You all know how I feel about that. It is certainly not! But for the purpose for this blog, let’s pretend it is gifted, delivered, sent down or just caught! Unfortunately, it is not gifted equally. Meaning that there are huge disparities and inequities in those who receive cancer. Disparities are divided between the number of new cancer patients and their outcomes in certain populations. This includes older people (that’s me now), poorer socioeconomic folks, racial, ethnic, and gender minorities (LGBT+). So, you are now asking, how and why is this happening, and how do we fix this?

Depression and Cancer: Here are the facts. At least one in every four cancer patients have depression. Honestly, I would think it is more like 50%. Cancer carries an enormous amount of emotional weight. We are constantly busy trying to compartmentalize numerous issues. I bet if you polled all cancer patients most of them would tell you that they are depressed at some point but may not seek therapy. The only positive thing about having cancer and depression is that most people won’t tell you to just get over anything since you have cancer!

SCANXIETY: Why it occurs and what to do about it.