Oncology category: 2472 books

You have cancer, and you need the help and support of your spouse and family more than ever. *I Have Cancer, Now What? *includes information on how to overcome the shock and fear of diagnosis, how to talk to your spouse and extended family, how to consult on what you want from your doctors, where...

In 1950, a diagnosis of cancer was all but a death sentence. Mortality rates only got worse, and as late as 1986, an article in the New England Journal of Medicine lamented: “We are losing the war against cancer.” Cancer is one of humankind's oldest and most persistent enemies; it has been called...

The everyday reality of living with Stage IV (also known as metastatic or advanced) cancer is not something you will hear about on the evening news. Nor will it make the front page of the New York Times. Instead, you will hear or read about the latest medical “breakthrough,” regardless of whether...

From the bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues and one of Newsweek's 150 Women Who Changed the World, a visionary memoir of separation and connection—to the body, the self, and the world Playwright, author, and activist Eve Ensler has devoted her life to the female body—how to talk...

A masterful synchronization of history and cutting-edge science shines new light on humanity's darkest diagnosis. In the wake of the Cancer Genome Atlas project's failure to provide a legible roadmap to a cure for cancer, science writer Travis Christofferson illuminates a promising blend of...

Slow growing brain tumours change lives forever.  This readable and moving non-technical guide is about living with a low grade tumour, a diagnosis given to thousands of people every year.  Featuring dozens of personal testimonies from those dealing daily with the impact...

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...

If you have received an incurable cancer diagnosis, hearing about someone “who made it” is like spotting a rescue ship when you’re drowning in a stormy sea. Miracle Survivors provides that lifeline with a collection of stories of cancer survivors who were given a terminal diagnosis but shocked...

Suzanne Zaccone, one of Americas most influential entrepreneurs, strips naked with a feisty and clear-eyed story of how she loses her breast and fights to get it back. Zaccone writes with an iron grip on the details, and reveals the secrets of cancer patients that are taboo and lost in translation....

Cette brochure s’adresse avant tout aux personnes confrontées à une chimiothérapie ainsi qu'à leur entourage proche désireux de mieux comprendre ce traitement.Lorsqu’on vous annonce un diagnostic de cancer, de très nombreuses questions et émotions se bousculent. De nombreuses questions surgissent...

Cette brochure s’adresse avant tout aux personnes confrontées à un mélanome ainsi qu'à leur entourage proche désireux de mieux comprendre cette maladie.Lorsqu’on vous annonce un diagnostic de cancer, de très nombreuses questions et émotions se bousculent. De nombreuses questions surgissent...

Cette brochure s’adresse avant tout aux personnes confrontées à un cancer de la prostate ainsi qu'à leur entourage proche désireux de mieux comprendre cette maladie.Lorsqu’on vous annonce un diagnostic de cancer, de très nombreuses questions et émotions se bousculent. De nombreuses questions...

Cette brochure s’adresse avant tout aux personnes confrontées à un cancer du sein ainsi qu'à leur entourage proche désireux de mieux comprendre cette maladie.Lorsqu’on vous annonce un diagnostic de cancer, de très nombreuses questions et émotions se bousculent. De nombreuses questions surgissent...

Cette brochure s’adresse avant tout aux personnes confrontées à un cancer de l'utérus ainsi qu'à leur entourage proche désireux de mieux comprendre cette maladie.Lorsqu’on vous annonce un diagnostic de cancer, de très nombreuses questions et émotions se bousculent. De nombreuses questions...