What affect will a positive attitude have?
“I was sorry to see that the most recent research shows that a good attitude does not actually help survival. So, in the same vein as Rico, I’m going to say that perhaps the focus should be on living with cancer and not surviving cancer. There’s an interesting paradox at work here: the better your attitude, the better the people around you feel. And the better they feel the more support they have to give you. So you are an immediate benficiary (sic) in that respect. – John “However, in terms of quality of life issue, it’s much better to have a positive attitude than going into a depression.