But the audience could see that there was more to her than that. Yes, Hazel Lancaster had to live with the reality that the disease would kill her someday.

Those willing to relive their darkest moments through “The Fault in Our Stars” said they were rewarded with a protagonist that had cancer but wasn’t defined by it. On the Facebook page for Stupid Cancer, a non-profit organization for young adults who have or have had cancer, some called the film’s accuracy “unbearable,” while others said it allowed them a “healthy cry.” They don’t even want to say the word ‘cancer,’ because they have had no opportunity for it to sink in.” “For some, it’s a little too close to home. “I think it really depends where they are in the diagnosis,” said Melissa Sexton, a child life specialist at the hospital. The rest aren’t ready to pick it up or watch the film, which features actress Shailene Woodley as Hazel Lancaster, a 17-year-old with terminal thyroid cancer. On the cancer ward at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, only a few patients have read the 2012 book on which the movie was based. But that same realism has some cancer survivors steering clear of the summer blockbuster, whose protagonist promises to tell “the truth” about her “sad story.” June 13, 2014— - “The Fault in Our Stars” is earning praise for its realism.

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