Cancer category: 1369 books

Best-selling author Pia de Jong’s vivid memoir about her newborn daughter’s battle with leukemia and the startling decision that led to her recovery. On a still summer night in a seventeenth-century canal house in Amsterdam’s old quarter, Pia de Jong gives birth to a delicate, bright-eyed...

Kathryn Kelly: The Moll Behind Machine Gun Kelly is a biography of the woman who made a career of crime. With a lust for danger, she masterminded the crimes that took her and her husband, and others who included her own mother and stepfather, on a spree across Minnesota, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Texas....

Barrett's esophagus is a condition in which the cells of your lower esophagus become damaged, usually from repeated exposure to stomach acid. The damage causes changes to the color and composition of the esophagus cells. Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading device.

Carcinoid syndrome occurs when a rare cancerous tumor called a carcinoid tumor secretes certain chemicals into your bloodstream, causing a variety of signs and symptoms. Carcinoid tumors occur most commonly in the gastrointestinal tract or lungs. Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading device.

An invaluable reference for parents of sick or hospitalized children by an experienced psychosocial counselor. To many parents, it is hard to imagine a more upsetting reality than one where their child is hospitalized, severely sick, or terminally ill. In When Your Child is Sick, psychosocial...

The MediFocus Guidebook on Multiple Myeloma is the most comprehensive, up-to-date source of information available. You will get answers to your questions, including risk factors of Multiple Myeloma, standard and alternative treatment options, leading doctors, hospitals and medical centers that specialize...

In February 2013, my son Brian was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. He was four years old. The following year, as a member of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program, I completed a century ride (100 mile cycling event) in Lake Tahoe to help raise money for leukemia,...

The MediFocus Guidebook on Renal Cell Carcinoma is the most comprehensive, up-to-date source of information available. You will get answers to your questions, including risk factors of Renal Cell Carcinoma, standard and alternative treatment options, leading doctors, hospitals and medical centers that...

From the first meeting with a radiation oncologist, through explanations of the various types of radiation therapy, to a description of the equipment used, The Best News about Radiation Therapy is a complete resource for patients faced with radiation therapy. Dr. Carol Kornmehl guides patients through...

The MediFocus Guidebook on Ductal Carcinoma in Situ of the Breast is the most comprehensive, up-to-date source of information available. You will get answers to your questions, including risk factors of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ of the Breast, standard and alternative treatment options, leading doctors,...

At 57 years old, John Kerastas thought he was the poster child for fifty-year old healthiness: he competed in triathlons, rode in 100 mile biking events and ate a healthy diet chock full of organic vegetables. Then he discovered that he had a brain tumor the size of his wife's fist. His memoir chronicles...

"This is the story of a journey that few of us have to take; it is only for the bravest. Virág and James are two young people who are talented, bright and attractive. Soon after their beautiful marriage and reception in a castle in Hungary, they came to live in one of the loveliest English cities...

Mesothelioma is a relatively rare but serious illness, and it’s natural to feel overwhelmed when it strikes close to home. But you don’t have to face this life-changing diagnosis – or its consequences – alone. Use this book to get the information you need to make informed choices about your...

The MediFocus Guidebook on Myelodysplastic Syndromes is the most comprehensive, up-to-date source of information available. You will get answers to your questions, including risk factors of Myelodysplastic Syndromes, standard and alternative treatment options, leading doctors, hospitals and medical centers...