Cancer category: 1369 books
by Jeffrey Penn May
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2013
"Eight Billion Steps: My Impossible Quest For Cancer Comedy" is about (as may seem obvious) finding humor in cancer. After Jeff was diagnosed with an extremely large and rare salivary gland tumor on the back of his tongue, throat and jaw, he and his wife began their fun-filled search for...
Twelve Weeks
An Artist's Story of Cancer, Healing, and Hope
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Very healthy for most of her life, at age fifty-six Karen Lee Sobol received a shocking diagnosis. A rare incurable blood cancer raged through her. Unwilling to accept conventional chemotherapy, she chose to enroll in a clinical trial. For Twelve Weeks, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, she received...
Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Cancer Care
An International Analysis of Grassroots Integration
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2007
Drawing on comparative fieldwork in the UK, Pakistan and Australia, this book provides the first systematic assessment of pathways and access to CAM and how it is used in health practice and by individuals with cancer.
Giving fresh and invaluable insights into how differing health and societal...
by Various
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
This resource is designed to raise awareness levels of cancer for people working in the care sector, or those supporting someone in their own home or family.
The text begins by looking at what cancer is and how it begins. The types of tumour are defined and how they are classified. ...
by Word Chapter
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Mesothelioma is a rate type of cancer. When someone is affected by this cancer, they look for more information on this disease, treatment and lawyers. This book will give you some insights about mesothelioma cancer symptoms, causes, treatment, life-expectancy, etc. Download and read this easy to read and understand book.
Cancer Doesn't Have to Hurt
How to Conquer the Pain Caused by Cancer and Cancer Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 1997
Explains cancer pain and how to manage it through various medical options, explores its emotional effects on sufferers and caregivers, and offers practical tips on how to find and afford effective treatment.
Understanding Lumpectomy
A Treatment Guide for Breast Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2015
Is Lumpectomy an Option for You?
If you've been diagnosed with breast cancer, your mind is probably filled with questions about treatment. Perhaps you've heard about lumpectomy, but you question whether it's the best treatment for you.
You're not alone. Many women ask the same question....
Climbing the Mountain
The Companion for Your Cancer Journey
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Climbing The Mountain is a user’s guide to the cancer experience. In it, the authors present a narrative of a cancer patient who used preparation (research), practice (exercise and activity), and a variety of social supports to live well within the parameters that cancer imposes. They consider how...
I am a Survivor
108 Stories of Triumph Over Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Find the bay of hope . . . Right next to the ocean of grief stands the bay of hope. It’s made of billions of sand particles, each one insignificant on its own, but together a force to reckon with. The ocean continues to try to swallow the bay and the golden sand smiles, washed by the glistening...
Thyroid Cancer for Beginners
Living With Thyroid Cancer, #1
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
Thyroid Cancer For Beginners I hope will be informative for anyone newly diagnosed. It charts my four-year journey from first finding a lump in my neck, through surgery to remove the thyroid gland and subsequently being given a diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancer. Also, the reader will find out...
Colonoscopy
Curse of Colon Cancer Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
This book is dedicated to patients living with or dying from colon cancer despite negative complete colonoscopy; also, what to advise your relatives and friends to avert this cancer completely or almost completely. The subsequent chapters touch on several other topics. Fingers, doubts, and questions...
Oh, Thank God I Have Prostate Cancer!
A Patient's View
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2011
When Harvey got the official diagnosis of prostate cancer he began scouring the Internet for information. What he found was an abundance of information on the disease and on treatment options. He then turned to friends who had recently been diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer. And even though...
Reclaiming Your Life After Diagnosis
The Cancer Support Community Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
A Comprehensive and Compassionate Approach to Cancer Care
Reclaiming Your Life After Diagnosis is packed with incredible information and resources to get you or someone you love through the challenging journey of a cancer diagnosis and treatment. This book accurately and compassionately addresses...
Something More Than Hope/Something More Than Everything
surviving despite the odds, thriving because of them
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Written in the spirit of Norman Cousins' "Anatomy of an Illness" and Jill Bolte Taylor's "My Stroke of Insight", this book will forever change your thinking about the depth of our capacity to heal and heal one another. When Diana Lindsay couldn't blow out the candles on her birthday cake, she never imagined...