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By Laura Melton, PhD, ABPP  / April 10, 2016

Compartmentalizing Cancer

I was the last one on the oncology team to meet Mel. He was 36 years old, and by then Mel had been living with metastatic colon cancer for several years. During that time, his clinicians had never referred him to our psycho-oncology team because of his strong attitude and outlook. Mel’s outward...