When someone is diagnosed with cancer, we often see comments like “keep fighting, you’ve got this!”. Is there any scientific basis behind this actually having an effect on the outcome / survival and remission rates? What exactly are they doing when they’re “fighting” that helps to beat the cancer?
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Not exactly right to the question, but there is a recognized condition known as “psychogenic death” in which someone simply gives up due to death seeming inevitable. This causes them to basically withdraw into themselves, and death comes as a result. This is often why people who have a spouse pass also pass away relatively quickly. So in a way, continuing to fight seems like it can in fact lead to a different outcome in some cases.
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