Oncology category: 2472 books
Praying Through Cancer
Set Your Heart Free from Fear: A 90-Day Devotional for Women
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2007
You don’t have to face cancer alone. Praying Through Cancer is a collection of stories by women who have faced cancer and, with triumphant spirits, found comfort and sometimes even joy in the midst of it.
Traumatized and terrified of cancer? Perhaps you have been diagnosed yourself, or you...
by David Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2008
CANCER FOR TWO: Conquering a Cancer Together by David Bennett is groundbreaking as of his own experience David informs us what we might expect at two levels after a diagnosis of cancer. He writes of the medical sequence and issues and of their emotional consequences on him and his wife Ann. We learn...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
The book will discuss the molecular mechanisms of cancer diseases, stem cell proliferation and transformation into cancer cells beyond the physiological processes that occur in normal stem cell biology. Some of the key oncogenic events in cancer and their signaling pathways that regulate cell division...
The Cancer Survivor Handbook
Your Guide to Building a Life After Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
According to the National Cancer Institute, there are an estimated 13.7 million living Americans who are cancer survivors. The institute expects that number to rise to almost 18 million over the next decade. The Institute of Medicine notes that patients diagnosed with cancer have an estimated 64%...
Pink Ribbon Blues: How Breast Cancer Culture Undermines Women's Health
How Breast Cancer Culture Undermines Women's Health
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2010
Medical sociologist Gayle A. Sulik reveals the hidden costs of the pink ribbon as an industry, one in which breast cancer functions as a brand name with a pink ribbon logo. Based on historical and ethnographic research, analysis of awareness campaigns and advertisements, and hundreds of interviews,...
50 Critical Cancer Answers
Your Personal Battle Plan for Beating Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Cancer - it's a menacing word, and when we hear it from our own doctor, it can be terrifying. But there's hope. In this practical, comprehensive "field manual" from seasoned cancer fighters and renowned clinicians Francisco Contreras, MD and Daniel Kennedy, MC you will grab hold of 50 tangible tips,...
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...
Gastric (Stomach) Cancer
Cancer Is Curable, It's Up to You
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Cancer is a slowly developing illness. In the early stage it is, barring a few notable exceptions, not fatal. Addressed to the layman, the reader learns why and under what conditions cancer is curable – in the stage of early cancer, also called carcinoma in situ. The emphasis lies on making the physician...
by Nan Lu, Ellen Schaplowsky
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Discover The Power Of Ancient Wisdom
For centuries , Traditional Chinese Medicine has helped millions of cancer patients in China, specializing in reducing the risk of breast cancer and healing it by identifying and treating its root cause. Chinese medicine offers a broad range of time-tested, natural,...
Life After Cancer in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
The Experience of Survivorship
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009
Adolescence and young adulthood is often a difficult enough time without serious illness. However, research has shown that cancer, and surviving cancer, at this age presents distinctive problems medically, socially and psychologically. This important work offers a glimpse into a previously under-researched...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This volume provides a comprehensive account of the progress that has been made in the treatment of lung cancer. The various therapeutic approaches are documented and appraised, with particular emphasis being placed on the benefits of a multimodality strategy. A balance is sought between US and European perspectives, and all of the authors are recognized experts in the field.
by Sara Booth, Julie Burkin, Catherine Moffat
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Breathlessness is increasingly recognised as a common, disabling symptom of many advanced diseases and one that is very difficult to treat. There is now an understanding that a multi-disciplinary approach to management can make a significant impact on the severity of the symptom improving both the...
The Ultimate Guide to Ovarian Cancer
Everything You Need to Know About Diagnosis, Treatment, and Research
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
Over twenty-two thousand American women will get ovarian cancer this year. No screening test exists for this disease, and the symptoms are often vague and mistaken for other illnesses. This cancer is almost always diagnosed in advanced stages, thus requiring extensive surgery and heavy doses of chemotherapy....
AJCC Cancer Staging Atlas
A Companion to the Seventh Editions of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual and Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
Significantly expanded, expertly and beautifully illustrated, The AJCC Cancer Staging Atlas, 2nd Edition, offers more than 600 illustrations created exclusively for this new edition and is fully updated to reflect the concepts discussed in the 7th Edition of both the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual and...