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Marc Silver

A cancer diagnosis is a shock. Here's advice on how to share the news

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When my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer, she told ... well, not everyone but pretty close to it.

Marsha told me, calling from the car after a routine mammogram prompted the radiologist to (rather callously) say, "Sure looks like cancer to me." (I added to Marsha's dismay by insipidly saying, "Ew, that doesn't sound good.")

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