How do you face the challenge of cancer?

In this guest blog, Trish Bartley, an expert in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for cancer (MBCT-Ca) calls for the psychological needs of cancer patients to be more fully addressed. Over the past 20 years there has been increasing recognition of the traumatic impact of cancer on those affected. However, despite this, evidence shows that the level of psychological distress experienced by cancer patients is generally under-diagnosed by medical staff.  The serious nature of cancer can lead to a profound sense of uncertainty and (for some) a fear of imminent death. This can be accompanied by physical suffering often through the treatments