Cancer category: 1369 books

In this unflinchingly honest account of one couple's struggles through prostate cancer, told from the wife's point of view, Victoria Hallerman writes poignantly of the six-year journey that changed the landscape of her and her husband's lives. She and Dean had been married 33 years when he got the...

Men Surviving Cancer tells the real-life stories of young men who were all under fifty when they were told they had cancer. Their experiences from first diagnosis to recovery and beyond are told with candour and humour and will provide comfort and inspiration to other men who face the same journey....

Seven Days of Hospice: Memoir is a compelling true-to-life account about the author's experience during his mother's last seven days of life while in hospice care, and the miraculous ending of her journey This uplifting story will help other families come to terms with the roller coaster of emotions...

Une histoire d'amitié improbable commencée dans une salle d'attente... de chimiothérapie.Françoise Letailleur et Christine Baraston partagent avec nous leur expérience commune et personnelle du cancer du sein, avec transparence, humour mais également beaucoup de pudeur et de gratitude envers toutes...

This is the thought provoking tale of me. A teenager who battled through school whilst his mum had Cancer. It shows you the true effect of Cancer on the whole family and not just the person who has it. It shows that only years later I finally came to terms with what had happened. This...

Daring, sly, and unlike any other book you’ve read, this memoir-in-poems tackles cancer with a bawdy wit guaranteed to “make you laugh in cancer’s face” (Marisa Acocella Marchetto, author of Cancer Vixen). As a vibrant woman in her late thirties, a mother of two, poet, artist, and teacher,...

This wise little book of 150 meditations is like a breast cancer support group. It is exactly what a woman recuperating in her hospital bed or during any of the other milestones of treatment and recovery might need—the advice and wisdom of other women who have preceded her in confronting breast...

The word "cancer" always sounds scary. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, Sherri Hildebrandt realized quickly that life as she knew it would never be the same. And she was right... It's BETTER. Join her as she guides you through her unrequested journey. You'll read about dramatic God...

When Gwendoline Smith chanced to have a breast examination at a mobile unit in 2009, little did she know where it might lead. Sure, she lived with the knowledge of her mothers breast cancer years before, but could it really happen to her too? The realisation dawned only when the medical evidence could...

A diagnosis of cancer, life-changing for both patients and their loved ones, presents many questions: How will the disease and treatments affect you? What can you do to arm yourself for the battle? What roles do diet, stress, attitude and faith have on its progression? Perhaps most importantly: How...

In HOPE NEVER DIES, Rick Shapiro brings profound, insightful, information-packed testimony of real hope, and news of life-saving, groundbreaking integrative and alternative treatments for cancer patients.20 POWERFUL, INSPIRATIONAL INTERVIEWS with late-stage and terminal cancer survivors, who...

Cancer is not a death sentence. Hundreds of thousands of people are cured of cancer every year in North America, due in large part to chemotherapy treatment. Making the Chemotherapy Decision is a sourcebook for people undergoing chemotherapy treatment and their families. Updated in 2018 by...

This book contains 17 real stories of cancer patients. by writing these stories it is not my intention to criticise the medical profession. The language of love and compassion is not about who is right or wrong. it is about recognising limitations and exploring opportunities. Therefore, it is my sincere...

I was told I had cancer and that I must expect to die soon. Almost eight years later I still do my job and enjoy life. I have not had conventional treatment. Did my cancer simply disappear? Did I do nothing? Far from it. A number of things happened, some by accident, most by design. Michael...