Cancer category: 1369 books

A Prostate Cancer Patients Story Dick Grannan recently completed an unbelievable, exciting, life-threatening journey that is quickly becoming prevalent for thousands of men. He wants them to know what it will be like, and to encourage them to remain hopeful even when tempted to despair. He writes...

Un nombre impressionnant de personnes atteintes du cancer renversent un pronostic défavorable pour s'engager sur la voie de la guérison. Ces « miraculés » auraient-ils découvert une partie de l'équation du cancer que la science ignore toujours? La génétique, l'épigénétique, la neurologie,...

How to survive breast cancer treatment without completely losing your sense of humour and your true identity

Do you feel like you are barely holding on? Let the golden thread of God's presence be the calm on the other side of chaos. It could be that He is weaving a brilliant new beginning in the middle of your mess. “I know your faith will be lifted and increased with this new treasure.” —Chris...

From October 3 to November 28, 2012, noted artist Matt Freedman underwent radiation and chemotherapy at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, for treatment of adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare cancer that had spread from his tongue to his neck to his lungs by the time it was discovered. This is...

When someone you love is diagnosed with cancer, every second you have left with them is precious.Richard W Hardwick wrote about his partner's breast cancer to help him cope, and then he wrote about their past because he was scared she might not be there to help him remember it for their children. Andalucia...

She charmed America with her smart, likable, down-to-earth personality as she campaigned for her husband, then vice-presidential candidate John Edwards. She inspired millions as she valiantly fought advanced breast cancer after being diagnosed only days before the 2004 election. She touched hundreds...

Writing for Wellness provides a new and focused writing program for cancer patients, their family members, caregivers, and medical staff. It includes information about the author’s own battle with cancer, Healing Words from more than 60 contributors, and instructions for the reader to write his or her own healing words in the It's Your Turn section.

You're 39, just got married and everything looks bright until the sudden discovery of colon cancer. A first hand account of the events that follow written by Andrew Ian Dodge and his wife Kim Dodge. A percentage of the proceeds will go to Maine Cancer Foundation.

Covering a wide range of popular alternative medicine and health issues, User's Guides are written by leading experts and science writers and are designed to answer the consumer's basic questions about disease, conventional and alternative therapies, and individual dietary supplements.

You don’t know Michael, but he’d like you to owe him 10 bucks. Imagine you were told that your life was ending. Would you run off for a last hurrah, or spend every moment with your friends and family. One incredible man decided that the last 16 months of his life would be dedicated...

“We went about our daily lives as normally as possible but when it came down to the fighting, we maintained our quiet yet tenacious determination.” And so begins the tragic but inspiring saga of 12-year-old Darah Joseph, a top-flight competitive athlete who developed Ewing Sarcoma, a rare and aggressive...

A personal account of Kat Folland's experience with breast cancer treatment. From the introduction: I got married on April 26th, 2008. On June 21st, 2008 I found two lumps in my right breast. Mammogram, sonogram and core-needle biopsy confirmed it: I got my cancer diagnosis on July 10th,...

«Lentement mais assurément, alors que je voulais écrire sur les autres, je n’ai pu faire autrement que de me retrouver sur le chemin du retour sur soi. Tous les chemins y mènent quand on a eu ou qu’on a un cancer. J’ai cette chance immense d’avoir reçu en cadeau à ma naissance la capacité...