Cancer at a Working Age: Coping with the Initial Anxiety (2019x33)
Air date: Nov 29, 2019
Half of the Japanese population develops cancer at some point with about one-third of the patients still at a working age. Most experience depression after being diagnosed and doctors say how they spend the initial period of emotional instability will greatly affect the outcome of treatment. NHK closely covered a couple in their 40's after the husband was told he had cancer. Their struggle shines a light on how to deal with the crisis.
