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"A wry, witty account of what it is like to face death--and be restored to life. After being diagnosed in her early 40s with metastatic melanoma--a "rapidly fatal" form of cancer--journalist and mother of two Mary Elizabeth Williams finds herself in a race against the clock. She takes a once-in-a-lifetime chance and joins a clinical trial for immunotherapy, a revolutionary drug regimen that trains the body to vanquish malignant cells. Astonishingly,...
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"One woman's brave journey to take action against her genetic predisposition to cancer. After a routine pap smear in 2009, Angela Schmidt Fishbaugh discovered that she had tested positive for BRCA1, a genetic trait that predisposed her to breast and ovarian cancer. After her initial shock-and subsequent to consulting with medical professionals, friends, and family-the proactive mother and teacher embarked on a mission to nip the issue at the bud....
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"In Living Out Loud, Craig Sager shares incredible stories from his remarkable career and chronicles his heroic battle. Whether he's sprinting across Wrigley Field mid-game as a college student with cops in pursuit, chasing down Hank Aaron on the field for an interview after Aaron broke Babe Ruth's home run record, running with the bulls in Pamplona, or hunkering down to face the daunting physical challenges of fighting leukemia, Craig Sager is always...
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Manjusha Pawagi, a successful family court judge, has written a not-so-typical memoir about her experience with cancer. Wryly funny and stubbornly hopeful, this is her quirky take on what it's like to face your own mortality when, to be honest, you thought you'd live forever. She describes how even the darkest moments of life can be made worse with roommates; details how much determination it takes to ignore the statistics; and answers the age-old...
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“A fascinating combination of personal story and details on the suppression of holistic cancer(and other disease) therapies” (Ann E. Fonfa, president, The Annie Appleseed Project).
President Nixon signed the National Cancer Act in 1971, declaring a war on the disease. Nearly fifty years and several billion dollars later, it looks like we have lost the battle.
Or have we?
What...
President Nixon signed the National Cancer Act in 1971, declaring a war on the disease. Nearly fifty years and several billion dollars later, it looks like we have lost the battle.
Or have we?
What...
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When a brain tumour takes the life of Becky Livingston's twenty-three-year-old daughter Rachel, her life makes an unconventional turn. Rachel, an avid traveler, had one wish: to keep exploring the world.
So, for twenty-six months Livingston travels - untethered and alone - to Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Australia, India, England, Ireland and North America, coast to coast. In her suitcase: Rachel's ashes, heavy but compact. As she gradually merges...
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A medical emergency forces a brilliant Harvard oncologist to reveal that she has been hiding her advanced breast cancer for a decade. Her husband—also an oncologist—must set aside his anger and feelings of betrayal so that he can care for her during her final year of life.
When Jane, a world-famous Harvard oncologist, suddenly collapses at work, the medical team resuscitating her makes a shocking discovery: she has advanced breast...
When Jane, a world-famous Harvard oncologist, suddenly collapses at work, the medical team resuscitating her makes a shocking discovery: she has advanced breast...
8) The Light Within: The Extraordinary Friendship of a Doctor and Patient Brought Together by Cancer
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The luminous true story of a friendship that shed the boundaries of the doctor-patient relationship and became less a confrontation with death than a celebration of the joys of life
When young gynecologic oncology fellow Lois Ramondetta was first summoned to the room of a new patient, neither she nor the forty-nine-year-old professor of religion she encountered named Deborah Sills thought they had much in common. They certainly had no idea that they...
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Christine is in a purple patch of her life. Recently retired, she has big plans for the future and decides to keep a journal. This is her time: time to pursue her passion for gardening, time to travel with her partner Rec, time to live life to the full... and then it turns on her.
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IT ALL STARTED ON THE EVE OF MY 43RD BIRTHDAY... With two young boys, a new lecturer position and all the commitments of an active life, Ros Ben-Moshe had no plans for a tumor to take over her life. Yet after the news came on her 43rd birthday, medical appointments turned into hours of surgery, casual conversations disappeared, and even her children started asking questions. In recovery rooms, as the clock slowly ticks, Ros Ben-Moshe starts writing....
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In 2011 writer and mother of two, Bronwyn Hope is diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. Encouraged by a friend, she begins an online blog in which she faithfully diarises the days that follow, graphically chronicling the details of even her darkest days as they happen. Her reflections are controlled yet raw and immediate, comprising a mix of honesty and humor that will have you by turns laughing out loud, or crying. Over an 18-month period, Bronwyn...
12) Life Interrupted
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'I've decided to write this book, as painful as it is for me, because I know there are others, like me, who have faced the unimaginable, and wondered how to begin living their lives again...When I hear of any cancer story now, I don't think of anatomy. I think about what it must have, been like the day their life changed. The fear, the denial, the lack of hope that would come and go. I always want to internally, say hello to them. To say via my own...
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The only symptoms were itching. The prognosis was slightly incredible - a type of cancer that only one in a half million Americans get, and my chances of survival were one-in-ten.
That was the beginning of the journey. Along the way were anger and surprise and relief and fear ... a bone marrow transplant ... and the feeling of being in a strange country whimsically designed for the absurd.
Visit www.cancercountry.com for more information.
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Julie Godley was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was forty-eight. Her memoir takes the reader on an intimate journey with details from the time of her diagnosis to her five-year breast cancer anniversary. She realized after treatment that her breast cancer story was not over at all; it was just the beginning of a very long process of self-discovery and self-love. Her cancer diagnosis was God's little wake-up call and her greatest life lesson....
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It's no secret, I discovered breast cancer at the very early stages.
A strong message for the world, honestly describing how indiscriminate and cruelly it creeps into your life and takes over.
By sheer determination, I was able to nip this bugger in the bud.
I share my frustrations, highs and lows and vulnerability as the patient with an insight into feelings of vulnerability and exposure.
As a nation, illness can throw people together from all walks...
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In a leafy suburban town in Denmark, Mark and Karin buy a picturesque old house that Karin dreams of remodeling, a home for their son, Andreas, to grow up in. Then Karin falls seriously ill. Weathering a brutal cycle of rekindled hopes and devastating relapses, they persevere with the renovations, bedeviled by a barrage of accidents and problems that the project throws their way. But finishing the job takes on a new and bittersweet significance as...
18) I Don't Wanna Be Pink: How a Single, 39-Year-Old Woman Refused to Let Breast Cancer and Its Fervent
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A month before she was to celebrate her 40th birthday in Italy, Dena Taylor was diagnosed with breast cancer. In seconds, she was transformed from enthusiastic traveler to frightened patient.
Told with grace, candor, and inimitable wit, “I Don't Wanna Be Pink” is the story of a single, independent woman and the tumor that threatens to change her life. With support from a colorful cast of loved ones and her own determination, Taylor contends with...
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Jess Quinn is, in her own words, quite literally a walking miracle. Her body has been completely restructured so that she could survive an aggressive cancer.
Jess's leg was amputated just before her ninth birthday, and she has had to adapt to living with a prosthetic leg. The challenges Jess has faced ever since have given her a unique outlook. Growing up, she felt alone in her difference, but she has learnt that the one thing people have in common...
20) Survival lessons
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One of America's most beloved writers shares her suggestions for finding beauty in the world even during the toughest times.
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