O. Carl Simonton dies at 66; oncologist pioneered mind-body connection to fight cancer
Friday, July 3, 2009 - 02:35
in Health & Medicine
He found that patients who think positively tended to live longer and have fewer side effects. His belief eventually was accepted by mainstream medicine. Dr. O. Carl Simonton, a radiation oncologist who popularized the mind-body connection in fighting cancer and helped push the once-controversial notion into mainstream medicine, has died. He was 66.