An appointment with the doctor, an examination, then the shock: cancer.
For many patients, a time of agonizing questions and fears now follows.
Psycho-oncologists specialize in advising cancer patients.
Psycho-oncologist Tanja Zimmermann is doing research on the subject at the Hannover Medical School.
WORLD:
Quite a few are reluctant to speak to cancer patients.
What would you advise these people to do?
Tanja Zimmermann:
People around the world often run around.