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Breast Cancer Husband, How to Help Your Wife (and Yourself) Through Diagnosis, Treatment, and Beyond by Marc A. Silver
A guide for men whose wives contract breast cancer offers emotional support and advice every husband needs, including guidance from breast cancer doctors and the shared experiences of those who have gone through the same ordeal
Paperback, 304 pp, $24.99. Buy
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Waking the Warrior Goddess, Dr. Christine Horner’s Program to Protect Against & Fight Breast Cancer by Christine Horner
Dr. Horner initiated a successful legal campaign requiring insurance companies to pay for breast reconstruction following a mastectomy. In this book she explains women’s “inner healing intelligence,” and explores various foods and supplements that can help women succssfully fight breast cancer
Paperback, 336 pp, $26.95. Buy
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Living Through Breast Cancer, What a Harvard Doctor and Survivor – Wants You to Know About Getting the Best Cure While by Carolyn M. Kaelin and Francesca Coltrera
Written with compassion and verve, this women’s guide to surviving breast cancer introduces readers to the most up-to-date knowledge on treatment options, healthy eating, and coping, as well as other information valuable to survivors
, 370 pp, $35.95. Buy
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Flying Crooked by Jan Michael
There are many books about the processes people go through when they discover they have cancer. What makes “Flying Crooked different is the author’s acceptance of the disease and its consequences. She continues to enjoy life, refuses radiotherapy, and rejects the idea of wearing a prosthesis after a mastectomy. The choices she makes are in sharp contrast to those made by her ex-lover, Simon, who shortly after her operation is diagnosed with prostate cancer. Their different ways of coping form a well-balanced diptych: on her part, acceptance and the peace that this brings; on his, fighting and anger at the cost of precious energy and enjoyment. “Flying Crooked describes the process of a search for balance. The open, direct, and unsentimental
Paperback, 258 pp, $24.95. Buy
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Stealing Second Base, A Breast Cancer Survivor’s Experience and Breast Cancer Expert’s Story by Lillie Shockney
Lillie Shockney shares her unique, empowering, and often humorous story about her journey from medical professional, wife, and mother to becoming a breast cancer patient, patient advocate, and nationally recognized breast cancer expert, lending her emotional support and medical advice to help lead breast cancer patients and families through their own journey with this life altering disease. This must-have book combines the author’s motivational and medical expertise to provide practical, important information
Paperback, 113 pp, $25.95. Buy
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Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person, A Memoir in Comics by Miriam Engelberg
Miriam Engelberg is a successful cartoonist who was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 43. This title offers an account of one very funny woman’s battle with a often fatal illness. It walks the readers through every emotional and physical stage of the disease, from diagnosis to a return to “normal” life and everything in between
Paperback, 144 pp, $20.95. Buy
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Understanding Lumpectomy, A Treatment Guide for Breast Cancer by Rosalind Benedet
Approximately 44 per cent of women with breast cancer treat it with a lumpectomy and radiation therapy. This resource offers medical advice that answers many of the questions these women and their families face in treatment choices. It provides recovery plans that include exercise, nutrition, and ongoing treatment
Paperback, 164 pp, $27.95. Buy
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Chicken Soup For The Soul: Breast Cancer by Jack Canfield and Edward Creagan
This new series from Chicken Soup for the Soul – inspirational stories followed by positive‚ practical medical advice for caregivers and patients – is the perfect blend of emotional support and vital information.
In the Healthy Living series‚ Chicken Soup for the Soul partners with the nation’s top medical experts and organizations to give emotional support and important information to patients with specific medical needs. The books feature approximately ten heartwarming stories from real people dealing and thriving with all aspects of the condition‚ followed by relevant medical advice that will positively impact the reader’s life. Subjects such as diet‚ psychological issues‚ family relations‚ and alternative therapies will exist side-by-s
Paperback, 130 pp, $15.99. Buy
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Journal, A Mother and Daughter’s Recovery from Breast Cancer by Annabel Clark
With heart-rending honesty, in bittersweet moments as beautiful as they are difficult, yet with humor and optimism throughout, Annabel Clark’s photographs and her mother Lynn Redgrave’s journal entries illustrate a mother-daughter journey through the leading cause of cancer diagnosed in women today
, 104 pp, $41.95. Buy
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I’m Too Young to Have Breast Cancer!, Regain Control of Your Life, Career, Family, Sexuality, and Faith by Beth Leibson-Hawkins
Inspired by the story of a friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer at thirty-two years of age, the author has written a book about this terrible disease, using the stories of sixteen women under the age of forty to discuss issues of career, sexuality, dating, children, family, and religion
, 300 pp, $30.95. Buy
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The Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Breast Cancer by Sat Dharam Kaur
This guide offers understanding of the causes of breast cancer, complementary treatments for traditional remedies and prevention. Information is presented from a naturopathic approach
Paperback, 384 pp, $26.95. Buy
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Female Cancers by Jan De Vries
“Female Cancers” succinctly addresses the main issues involving the treatment of cancers affecting women today. It advises on the ways that women can decrease the likelihood of contracting the disease and explains what sufferers can do to help themselves.
Paperback, 160 pp, $21.95. Buy
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Climb Against the Odds, Celebrating Survival on the Mountain by Mary Pappenfuss
A moving portrait of grace and strength, Climb Against the Odds celebrates women with breast cancer who have joined The Breast Cancer Fund in one of their awareness-raising mountain climbs: Aconcagua (23,000 ft.), McKinley (20,300 ft.), and Fuji (12,389 ft.). Weaving together text and photographs of the climbs, journalist Mary Pappenfuss brings us on an unforgettable journey through mountains metaphoric and real. With riveting interviews, joyful photographs, resources, and information about the struggle against breast cancer, this is a tribute to remarkable women and an affirmation of life
, 160 pp, $34.95. Buy
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Writing My Way Through Cancer by Myra Schneider
Diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2000, Myra Schneider turned to her writing to help her come to terms with the experience. In this volume, she shows how creative and autobiographical writing helped her through diagnosis, treatment and recovery – as well as her change in self-image
Paperback, 208 pp, $63.95. Buy
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The Breast Cancer Notebook, The Healing Power of Reflection by Ava Louise Stanton and Geoffrey M. Reed
This is a journal tool for women who have chosen to participate in group counselling after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis. Conveying respect for and knowledge of the varieties of experience a breast cancer diagnosis can bring, it challenges the reader to delve into her individual experience
Paperback, 296 pp, $27.95. Buy
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The Breast Cancer Book by Val Sampson
Looks at the conventional medical treatments of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, as well as the part which can be played by complementary treatments such as reflexology, meditation and spiritual healing. This book includes sections on how to get support from people around you, how to look good and feel better, and more
Paperback, 224 pp, $27.95. Buy
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Not Just One in Eight, Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors and Their Families by Barbara F. Stevens
Arguing that breast cancer affects an entire family, the author uses the experiences of twenty survivors to demonstrate the importance of support “teams” in dealing with the illness. Original. 25,000 first printing
Paperback, 425 pp, $18.95. Buy
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Tamoxifen and Breast Cancer by Michael W. DeGregorio and Valerie J. Wiebe
A discussion of the diagnosis of breast cancer and the risks, benefits and limitations of treatment alternatives, particularly tamoxifen. This edition contains information on developments in the use of tamoxifen, especially in the results of the Breast Cancer Prevention Trial
Paperback, 124 pp, $27.95. Buy
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Breast Cancer, Sharing the Decision by Anna Maslin and Trevor J. Powles
Increasingly, patients with breast cancer are participating in the surgical and/or medical decision about their treatment. This text addresses issues relating to shared decision making and in particular those areas where a choice of treatment option involves some degree of risk/benefit analysis
Paperback, 282 pp, $98.95. Buy
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Breast Cancer, Can You Prevent it? by James Lawson and Amelia Lawson
Written in plain language for the everyday reader, this text explores the factors that increase the risk of breast cancer and also provides advice on practical actions that can be taken to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer
Paperback, 241 pp, $26.00. Buy
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