Reading your post I just wonder if it's more a fear about dying than a fear specifically about cancer? My dd6 is only just becoming able to control her anxiety about death, but it has been an issue for her on and off for a long time. We speak honestly about it (yes it will happen, these are the things that you can do to be healthy, etc) and at a counsellor's suggestion, focus on the future - which seems to help. Of course I might be completely off track - but I just wonder, if it sounds like it might be a possibility, if dealing with that fear directly might do more to resolve it?
