Health - Cancer

DoP 2009, NZ 126pp softcover Diana Newcomb was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 1990. As she was coming to terms with the news and the prospects it implied, she stumbled across a part of herself she had not met before. It was the 'real' Diana, and it was a meeting that precipitated her on a life-changing journey of self-discovery and healing. This book describes Diana's personal journey and the philosophy and techniques she has developed in the years since her original diagnosis.

This book is written for people with cancer to empower them to take control of their future.It is also for those at risk or with a family history of cancer, so they have a chance to live cancer free. Cancer is a diagnosis which creates fear and confusion; this book offers clarity and order. Few books have been written which comprehensively cover both traditional and complementary medicine, this book gives a positive viewpoint to people who may have felt their options were limited and outlook bleak.

Describes the science of food and which properties of particular foods are the active cancer fighting elements. Explains how different foods work to protect the body against different cancers.

Actress and photographer Kris Carr thought she had a hangover, but a Jivamukti yoga class didn't provide its usual kick-ass cure. A visit to her doctor confirmed her "liver looked like Swiss cheese," covered with cancerous tumors. She entered trench warfare (wearing cowboy boots into the MRI machine, no less), vowing, "Cancer needed a makeover and I was just the gal to do it!" She began writing and filming her journey, documenting her interactions with friends, doctors, alternative "quacks," blind dates, and other women with cancer... read more

A magnificent, beautifully written biography of cancer -- from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles to cure, control and conquer it, to a radical new understanding of its essence. In The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee, doctor, researcher and award-winning science writer, examines cancer with a cellular biologist's precision, a historian's perspective, and a biographer's passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with... read more

Cancer is increasing at an alarming rate and one in three people will develop cancer at some point in their lives. According to the World Cancer Research Fund, up to 39 per cent of the most common cancers lung, breast, colorectal, skin, mouth/throat and oesophagus, liver, stomach, prostate, cervical, ovarian, testicular, endometrial and pancreatic are preventable through diet, physical activity and weight control alone. SAY NO TO CANCER was originally published by Piatkus in 1999 and this greatly expanded edition contains new chapt... read more

Coping with life after cancer can be tough. The idea that the end of successful treatment brings relief and peace just isn't true for countless survivors. Many feel unexpectedly alone, worried and adrift. You're supposed to be getting your life 'back on track' but your life has changed. You have changed. With reassurance and understanding, Dr Frances Goodhart and Lucy Atkins help readers deal with the emotional fallout of cancer whether it's days, months or years since the treatment ended. Drawing on Dr Goodhart's extensive experie... read more

If you or a loved one has been given the very difficult news of a cancer diagnosis, then naturally you will want to do everything possible to beat the disease, and to increase the quality of life through the treatment. As part of that, you will almost certainly either use or consider complementary therapies. Complementary therapies are those treatments that work alongside conventional medical treatments, and while they cannot cure cancer, they can play a significant part in supporting cancer patients through their fight with the di... read more

This book has been written with the help and endorsement of the Cancer Society and is a practical guide on how to maintain and improve quality of life while living with cancer. It provides ways of coping with treatment, and tips and techniques for eating well, dealing with stress and keeping the body active. It also includes easily understood information on the disease and its treatment, along with a comprehensive list of sources of help. Contents:Part 1 - About cancerPart 2 - What the doctors can doPart 3 - Living with cancer: Tur... read more

As a result of a genetically-transmitted gene, all three Bryan sisters, Felicity, Elizabeth and Bunny have had cancer. And, unusually, each of them suffered a different cancer; ovarian, breast and pancreatic. As the gene also has a dominant inheritance, half of their family members can be expected to carry it. Now, in a personal and deeply affecting memoir, Elizabeth writes of her family's extraordinary experience of this dreadful disease. Writing not only as a daughter, sister and aunt of those afflicted and bereaved by cancer, bu... read more

Modern medicine has developed solutions that allow cancer patients to live longer lives, but depression and anxiety often make these years painful and difficult. This book develops the techniques of behaviour activation therapy into practical activities people recovering from cancer can use to recognize and overcome problems with depression and anxiety. Relieved from these two sources of emotional pain and limitation, readers of this book will be able to live life fully and apply their energy to the task of getting better. The conc... read more

What happens when a shoe-crazy, lipstick-obsessed, wine-swilling, pasta-slurping, fashion-fanatic, madly-in-love, single-forever, about-to-get-married big city girl cartoonist with a fabulous life finds A LUMP IN HER BREAST!?Marisa Acocella Marchetto - said New York cartoonist and downtown party girl - answers this question, and many more, in this touching and often funny comic-strip chronicle of her 11-month battle with breast cancer. Drawing (literally) on everything from her first mammogram to radiation treatments, she tells the... read more

This fully revised and updated edition of The Chemotherapy Survival Guide provides chemotherapy patients with verything they need to know about treatment, including what they can expect at each stage and what they can do to prevent or minimize side effects.

She'd worn white to her wedding. Huge clouds of frosted white that billowed around her in the wind like fairytale snow. But now the fairytale has ended and Mattie Hampton's marriage is over, or so she thinks.

A six-step, practical guide that helps you through the first few weeks following diagnosis. Cancer is a Word, Not a Sentence is a straightforward guide to life after diagnosis. It explains what your diagnosis actually means, what the tests are about, what the future holds, how to judge the treatment options open to you, how to cope with the side effects, and the inevitable ups and downs you experience following treatment. Dr Buckman focuses on the day-to-day: how to talk to your partner, children and friends, and how to communica... read more

. This extraordinary resource celebrates and expands on Dr. David Spiegels discovery that a shared intimacy with mortality creates very different concerns in the patient from those that apply in conventional settings. Spiegel and Classen introduce mental health professionals to the awareness as well as the tools they will need to facilitate groups coping with existential crises. The result is a model for helping that actually helps. } }

This title includes a book & a CD. This easy-to-read alternative treatment guide could save your life. "Outsmart Your Cancer" explodes the myths about alternative cancer treatments and explains why non-toxic methods are more effective than conventional ones. This second edition of "Outsmart Your Cancer" includes new chapters, an audio CD with inspiring recovery testimonials from cancer survivors, and an incredible amount of valuable information. Twenty-one different alternative methods are discussed along with real-life stories of ... read more

As a top academician in her home country of the former Yugoslavia, Mina Dobic led a privileged life. That all changed in 1987, when Mina was diagnosed with stage IV ovarian cancer that had metastasized to her liver, bones, and lymph system. Mina's doctors gave her only two months to live. She reviewed the literature and quickly realized that the chemotherapy and radiation treatment offered by her physicians was not a viable option. Instead, she did something remarkable: She decided to adopt the macrobiotic way of life. Six and ... read more

Each year, some 70,000 younger adults between the ages of 18 and 40 are diagnosed with cancer. While there are many sources of information to which patients can turn, most organizations are geared to either children or older adults, and the special needs and concerns of this target age group are rarely discussed. One of the only resources at their disposal is the remarkable website PlanetCancer.com. For nearly a decade, this has been where those in this "gap" age can find resources, networks, and the kind of support from those ... read more

A cancer survivor offers 20 crucial suggestions for the friends, family members, physicians, and caregivers of cancer patients wishing to understand, communicate, and act with greater empathy and sensitivity. Knowing the right things to say and do for someone with cancer can be daunting, and asking the patient for direction may feel inappropriate. Following her own diagnosis and treatment for lung cancer, Lori Hope surveyed hundreds of cancer patients and survivors for the first edition of "Help Me Live." In 2010, her new survey re... read more