The Biology of Connection: A Survival Skill For Cancer

Want to learn more on this topic? Register for my upcoming live webinar on Sunday, July 19, 2026 at 10AM PST: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regis... When thinking of all the ways we can beat cancer, most oncologists are thinking of treatments - radiation, surgery, new cancer drugs. All vitally important. And some doctors will discuss the importance of improving your physical health - getting better sleep, doing more exercise and eating healthier. But which doctors are talking about the critical importance of our mental and emotional health in survival? How we think and feel has already been shown to significantly alter our physiology. I believe it is as important to work on what is going on in your brain and mind to give you the best chance at surviving ocular melanoma, and any cancer. The marital status paper by Cai et al, published in Journal of Cancer in 2020, that showed that being married is an independent protective factor for development of metastasis in ocular melanoma is truly breathtaking - evidence that our close personal connections MATTER in survival. How can we make the most of this?