Oncology Cancer category: 152 books
A Salamander's Tale
My Story of Regeneration?Surviving 30 Years with Prostate Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Staring in the face of prostate cancer at age thirty-five and metastatic disease and proposed surgical castration at age forty, Paul Steinberg was forced to take two simultaneous journeys. The first was to transition from doctor to patient and surrender his physical health to a medical establishment...
L'attrape-chance
Le récit d'un homme qui s'est battu contre le cancer
Language: French
Release Date: December 3, 2014
Pour lutter contre un cancer, il est prêt à tout expérimenter C’était l’unique et dernière chance Envahi par un cancer inguérissable, Dominique Eudes se soumet, dans la « Clinique d’expérimentation humaine » de Bethesda, aux violences d’un traitement révolutionnaire dont les résultats...
News from Lake Boobbegone
A Breast Cancer Memoir from the Heart
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2017
Question: Does the world really need another breast cancer memoir?
Answer: Probably not.
But writing is the only way Carolyn Redman knew how to process a heartbreaking breast cancer diagnosis and the year-long treatments that ensued. These honest, heartfelt, and sometimes humorous e-mails...
by CancerCare
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Colorectal cancer can change everything for patients and families. But it is important to keep in mind that treatment advances have led to great progress in managing this diagnosis. This publication provides a reader-friendly overview of new treatment options and strategies that are helping people...
The Price of Experience
Writings on Living with Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Writer and political activist Mike Marqusee was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, in the summer of 2007. At first, disinclined to share his misery with others, he was reluctant to write about his illness. But he then came to realize that doing so provided a precious continuity...
by Kenneth Kee
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
My name is Mutant Man the cancer cell.
I was named Mutant Man by my enemies who feel that I am poisoning their bodies with my mutant cell. I know exactly how the Incredible Hulk feels when everyone runs away from him.
It is true that I like to kill normal cells.
That is because...
by Cancer Support Community
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
A publication for young adults diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). This eBook includes information on diagnosis, treatment options, potential side effects and management of those side effects, coping with an ALL diagnosis and resources for support.
Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death
A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
In Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment, Dr. Norman Straker proposes that “death anxiety” is responsible for the American society’s failure to address costly futile care at the end of life; more specifically, doctors default on the appropriate prescription...
Two Women ~ 1 Disease
A Three Year Memoir Written by both patient and caregiver of a mother and daughter as they struggle with life, love, survival and lessons learned along the way.
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2018
When my mother/best friend was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer, we thought our lives were over. My mother always insisted that she would NEVER endure the torture her Grandmother who had been diagnosed back in the 1970's had experienced. Through gentle persuasion, we convinced her that treatment...
Aromatherapy, Massage and Relaxation in Cancer Care
An Integrative Resource for Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
Aromatherapy, massage and relaxation are three of the most commonly used therapies in cancer care. This book offers an integrated approach to using these therapies and provides an evidence-based foundation for complementary therapists working in cancer care settings. International in its scope, the...
by Vieira-Montfils, Maria do Carmo
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
This book is not intended as a document of professional nature. Due to its informal style, it resembles an essay, without the need to prove anything, and making room for a few ethical and philosophical reflections. The author offers new ideas for cancer treatment and invites her readers to engage and...
WHERE'S MOMMY'S HAIR?
"IT'S HOW WE FIGHT THAT COUNTS!"
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2015
Little Asia learns the sad news that mommy has breast cancer. Her family fights to keep it together and bravely face the disease as one. Then, suddenly it happens - Where's Mommy's Hair?
The Ever Digital Media Group, LLC is proud to announce the release of our new children’s book,...
by Susan M. Love
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
"The Bible for women with breast cancer" --New York Times
For more than two decades, readers faced with a diagnosis of breast cancer have relied on Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book to guide them through the frightening thicket of research and opinion to find the best options for their...
by Brenda Eldridge
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
We were enjoying a blissful life, making the most of every day. I, the poet, was still rather bemused by the freedoms of retirement and Stephen was doing what he loves – publishing. Our idyll was rudely interrupted when we were told that Stephen had cancer. We were suddenly thrust into an unaccustomed...