Cancer Awareness Month
Braving chemo : what to expect, how to prepare and how to get through it
Zavaleta, Beverly A, author
2019
Getting cancer is like a bomb going off in your life. Having chemotherapy can feel like another bomb. When faced with chemotherapy, you have many questions--but searching for answers on the internet can be overwhelming and pamphlets from your oncologist don?́?t begin to tell you all you need to know. In Braving Chemo, Harvard-educated physician and cancer survivor Beverly A. Zavaleta MD combines her medical expertise with a survivor?́?s insight to provide practical advice for both chemotherapy patients and cancer caregivers. This book will give you clear answers to your most urgent chemotherapy questions, such as: How to keep your hair from falling out What to eat, and how prevent nausea How to face tough feelings such as fear of dying Braving Chemo is a valuable resource about what to expect during chemo, how to minimize the side effects and how to live life as normally as possible when life itself is on the line.
The cancer code : a revolutionary new understanding of a medical mystery
Fung, Jason, author
2020
Author Dr. Jason Fung returns with a biography of cancer in which he offers a radical new paradigm for understanding cancer and issues a call to action for reducing risk moving forward.
The cancer diet cookbook : comforting recipes for treatment and recovery
Detraz, Dionne, author
2020
"No matter what your cancer journey may be, it's essential to make sound dietary choices during this incredibly challenging time. The cancer diet cookbook can help you and your caregivers during treatment and recovery by offering an array of healthy and tasty meal options. Every recipe can be made in either under 30 minutes, or with 5 simple ingredients, or all in one pot. You'll also explore the relationship between cancer and nutrition as well as the crucial roles that compassion and sell-care play in the lives of both patients and caregivers. From Easy Lemon Butter Fish to mouthwatering Moroccan-spiced Chicken, this complete cookbook and health guide will give you everything you need to stay strong and eat well during a time of physical and mental stress"--Back cover
Cancer party!
Olsher, Sara, author, illustrator
2019
"When Sara Olsher was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 34, her first thought was how to tell her six-year-old daughter without scaring her. Cancer Party! is the result of that conversation and experience. It is the book Sara wished she could have snuggled up on the couch and read with her child. Cancer Party! is a little bit science, a little bit silly, and a lot straightforward. Keeping it simple, Cancer Party! uses bright illustrations to show how cells divide, work, and what happens when a cell gets confused and turns into cancer. Aimed at families with kids ages 4 to 10, Cancer Party! helps families address the physical impact cancer treatment has on a patient and their child, helps kids understand what to expect, and assures them that cancer isn't their fault. 'But every once in awhile, one of the cells forgets what its job is. It can't remember what to do! It's so confused. And since it doesn't know what else to do, it decides to have a PARTY.' Cancer Party! is the perfect book for families that want to explain what cancer actually is, and applies to mothers, fathers, grandparents, and many types of cancer, including breast cancer, colon cancer, blood cancers such as leukemia, and bone cancers. It aims to empower kids with knowledge, which is proven to help kids through traumatic situations."--Publisher
The death of cancer : after fifty years on the front lines of medicine, a pioneering oncologist reveals why the war on cancer is winnable--and how we can get there
DeVita, Vincent T., Jr., 1935-
2016
The true story of the war on cancer from one of its generals. Cancer touches everybody's life in one way or another. But most of us know very little about how the disease works, why we treat it the way we do, and the personalities whose dedication got us where we are today. For fifty years, Dr. Vincent T. DeVita Jr. has been one of those key players: He has held just about every major position in the field, and he developed the first successful chemotherapy treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma. As one of oncology's leading figures, DeVita knows what cancer looks like from the lab bench and the bedside. The Death of Cancer is his illuminating and deeply personal look at the science and the history of one of the world's most formidable diseases. In his hands, even the most complex medical concepts are comprehensible.
Mama's year with cancer
Churnin, Nancy, author.
2023
Through love and understanding, a young girl helps her mother bravely overcome a yearlong battle with cancer. Includes an author's note and information on how to talk to young children about cancer.
Meet Terry Fox
MacLeod, Elizabeth, author
2020
In Meet Terry Fox, the legendary story of how Terry Fox came to run the Marathon of Hope is chronicled: his love of sports as a child and teenager; his devastating bone cancer diagnosis; the hospital stay that inspired him to do something to raise awareness about this disease; the poignant moment he dipped his artificial leg in the waters of St. John's, Newfoundland; and the heartbreaking moment he ended his run. This was also the moment his truly inspiring legacy began.
