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After
Breast Cancer: A Common Sense Guide to Life After Treatment by Hester
Hill Schnipper. This comprehensive handbook provides jargon-free
information on the wide range of practical issues women face as they navigate
the journey back to health. Published by Random House, Inc.
The
Cancer Survivor's Guide - The Essential
Handbook to Life After Cancer, by Michael Feuerstein,
PhD, MPH
and Patricia Findley, DrPH, MSW - offers a proven step-by-step
healthcare program for life after cancer. Developed
from extensive research, as well as Dr. Feuerstein’s
own battle with brain cancer. Published by Marlowe & Company.
Psychosocial
Nursing Care Along the Cancer Continuum (second edition), published by the Oncology Nursing
Society, is the ideal resource to help oncology nurses
gain a better insight into the emotions, thoughts,
and feelings of your patients and their families.
Dr.
Susan Love’s Breast Book, 4th Edition reflects
the most current—and increasingly optimistic—findings
on breast care. These include improved diagnostic
tests, new paths to prevention, highly targeted therapies,
partial breast radiation, and hormone approaches such
as aromatase inhibitors. This new and completely updated
edition continues to be the most essential, reliable,
and reassuring guide
for every woman worried about, or living with, breast
cancer.
Facing
the Mirror by Lori Orvitz illustrates step-by-step
tips and techniques for dealing with appearance issues
during cancer treatment and beyond.
In The Human
Side of Cancer, Jimmie C. Holland, MD, of Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, explores the broad range
of emotions people with cancer and their loved ones experience
from the moment of diagnosis through the treatment and
its aftermath.
I'm
Too Young To Have Breast Cancer! explores
the emotional experiences of women ages forty and younger
facing diagnosis, treatment,
and life after the disease. I'm Too Young considers
how
breast cancer affects young women's lives: their career
goals, health insurance coverage, career changes, education,
and shifting work/life priorities. Through the gift
of
shared experiences, freelance writer Beth Leibson-Hawkins
offers comfort and companionship, and brings hope to
a
younger generation of breast cancer survivors.
Lean
on Me: Cancer Through a Carer's Eyes, by
Lorraine Kember, is a powerfully moving and inspirational
true story
of a courageous man’s
battle with mesothelioma cancer and his wife’s
emotional journey as she supports him throughout his
ordeal. Interspersed with diary excerpts and poems
she wrote along the way, this very personal account
depicts
the depth of their love for each other, the sense of
helplessness she experienced at the time of his diagnosis,
and her growing strength as she comes to realize that
there is much she can do to improve the quality of
his life.
The
Total Cancer Wellness Guide, by Kim
Thiboldeaux and Mitch Golant PhD, uses evidence-based
research, first-person testimony,
and professional guidance
to lend support and offer hope for those who are
affected by cancer.
When
a Parent Has Cancer: A Guide to Caring for Your Children is
a book for families written from the heart of
experience. A mother, physician, and cancer survivor,
Dr. Wendy
Harpham offers dear, direct, and sympathetic advice
for parents
challenged with the task of raising normal, healthy
children while they struggle with a potentially
life-threatening
disease.
With
Every Breath: A Lung Cancer Guidebook
This book covers an extensive list of topics ranging
from diagnosis, staging, treatments, symptom management,
nutrition,
psychosocial issues, end of life issues, and many
others. It was written for people newly diagnosed
with lung cancer
and their loved ones, and is available free of
charge online.
Products
TLC
Tender Loving Care (published by ACS) is a magalog
(editorial and products) with information and items
such as hats, scarves, wigs, mastectomy products, etc.
for women whose cancer treatment has caused hair loss
and for breast cancer survivors. We are unique as a
not-for-profit resource for women with cancer, offering
hard-to-find products at fair prices.
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