Not long ago, in the oncology clinic where I work, my patientAnna Angelo asked me to pray to God. At the time, prayer wasfar from the forefront of my mind. Anna (her name has been changedto maintain confidentiality) is a 71-year-old woman from Boston'sNorth End with long-standing cardiac and hepatobiliary disease.Six years ago, breast cancer developed. The tumor was incurablefrom the time of diagnosis, since it had already spread to bone.The cancer cells tested positive for estrogen and progesteronereceptors, and Anna was treated with a series of hormonal agents,which, over the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston.
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