Physician and cancer survivor shares what cancer patients really want to hear

Early last fall, physician Nikhil Joshi was alarmed to find a lump on his neck. He was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. In March, he published The End of Suffering, a book of personal musings, to give hope to other cancer patients. Now 28, and with a clean bill of health, he talks with The Globe about his book, the things you should – and should not – say to cancer patients, and how his struggles in recent months have made him a better, more empathetic doctor. Read the interview here.