During a person’s lifetime, one third of the population may develop cancer and three quarters of the population may die from it. Despite the fact that cancer is so common, almost all cancer patients are suddenly announced to have cancer without any preparation. The sudden onset of cancer is like a bolt from the blue. The unpredictability of cancer and the complexity of cancer treatment methods and processes can overwhelm patients and their families. A series of negative emotions such as shock, doubt, denial, anger, fear, and sadness are triggered. For every cancer patient, regardless of social experience, family background, social status and financial support status, cancer may be the biggest crisis he faces in his life. How to face the great crisis of cancer? Should every cancer patient learn about cancer treatment first and then receive treatment? This is obviously unrealistic. Medical specialty knowledge is too complicated! Seeking a famous doctor and leaving everything to his or her decision? This is also unrealistic, and many treatment decisions have to be signed by yourself. Perhaps some of the following suggestions may help patients who are first diagnosed with cancer to break through the difficult times. I. Choosing a doctor and team Once cancer is diagnosed, the first step is to choose a doctor and his or her medical team. It is important to seek not only a good doctor but also a good medical team. The process of cancer diagnosis and treatment is not only complex, but also involves multiple disciplines. Except for some early-stage cancers that require only radical surgery or a single treatment such as radiation therapy, the radical treatment of most cancers requires a combination of surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy and other methods. Therefore, it is not enough to select only one physician, but a group of medical staff and treatment team related to your treatment. It is also advisable to select the physician who will make the main decisions for your comprehensive treatment. Reminder: There is no doubt that to choose a good doctor and excellent team, you need to go to a regular hospital and oncology specialist, especially to an oncology hospital to find an oncologist. 2. Accurate and comprehensive assessment When being told that they have cancer, most patients and their family members are eager to start anti-cancer treatment such as surgery and removal as soon as possible, and also eager to seek anti-cancer food and tonic drugs. In fact, cancer is a chronic disease and its development has gone through a long and slow process of several years. In addition, most of the current anti-cancer treatment methods have certain traumatic toxicity. Therefore, after the diagnosis of cancer, if there is no critical illness, if the scope of cancer lesion is not clarified, if the functional status of vital organs such as heart, liver, kidney and hematopoiesis is not accurately assessed, do not rush to definitely implement anti-cancer treatments such as open surgery within a few days. Before anti-cancer treatment, the primary issue is to improve tumor diagnosis and comprehensive disease assessment. Accurate and comprehensive assessment of the disease includes three aspects: first, diagnosis of cancer nature, including pathological type of cancer; second, diagnosis of clinical stage of cancer, i.e. clarifying the scope of tumor lesion and whether there is regional or distant cancer spread and metastasis; third, assessment of patient’s physical condition, especially to determine whether the patient can tolerate anti-cancer treatment. Reminder: When visiting different hospitals and different departments, it is better to bring along the existing medical records, imaging films, ultrasound, blood biochemical tests and other report data. Providing complete medical records not only saves time, but also saves money. There is absolutely no need for the patient to worry that the doctor knows that he or she has been to multiple appointments. Patients should also not assume that by bringing mysterious-looking imaging films to the appointment, the doctor will have a clear picture of the condition. III. Decision-making of treatment goals and treatment plan The determination and implementation of the first treatment plan for cancer is crucial to whether the cancer patient can be cured or prolonged survival. However, the key to the success or failure of the first treatment of cancer lies in the determination of treatment goals and treatment plan. After a thorough and accurate assessment of the disease, the best possible treatment goals that can be achieved through active efforts are analyzed. Then, based on the optimal treatment goals, an overall treatment plan is developed. For patients who require a combination of treatments, the timing of the implementation of multiple treatments also needs to be scheduled. In addition, whether it is a radical anti-cancer treatment or a palliative treatment plan, whether it is a single approach treatment or a combination of multiple means, the possible benefits and risks of the treatment approach need to be fully evaluated and the pros and cons weighed. Reminder: Decision-making on ideal treatment goals needs to be realistic; decision making on the best treatment plan needs to be practical and feasible. Patients and their loved ones should actively participate in the decision making of treatment goals and plans. Who should decide the major idea of cancer treatment? Of course, it should be the patients themselves. Because the patient himself is the core of the anti-cancer treatment. However, out of fear that the patient will not be able to bear the cancer, out of “protecting” the patient from being scared, and out of love, many family members “dare not” or do not want to let the patient know the real condition. If the patient does not know, it is certainly difficult for the patient to actively participate in treatment decisions and to face the possible ups and downs in the cancer treatment process. Whether the patients themselves can actively participate in the cancer treatment not only affects the smooth implementation of the treatment process, but also obviously affects the patients’ feelings and the efficacy of the treatment. Informing patients of their true condition is not only a way to respect their rights; it is also the first hurdle that must be overcome in order to stimulate their strong inner potential. Of course, informing bad news about a condition is also a learned skill. Informing the patient of the cancer diagnosis in person requires careful selection of details such as the appropriate time, manner, place, who should tell, and who needs to be present with the patient. After telling the bad news, it is even more important to actively follow up and give timely and positive support to the patient in response to the negative emotions. Reminder: Cancer patients need confidence and patience. Believe in the strong potential power within cancer patients. Compared with patients who are in the tormenting and tormenting condition of doubt, uncertainty and fear of cancer condition for a long time, it is more beneficial for patients to know the true condition to get through the torment of the blow of cancer diagnosis as soon as possible. What needs to be done is not how to conceal the true picture, but how to explore and stimulate the patient’s inner potential and build up confidence and patience to overcome difficulties.