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I Am Not My Breast Cancer by Ruth Peltason
I Am Not My Breast Cancer gathers the warm, loving, frank, and informed voices of more than eight hundred women--from every state in the nation and from continents as far away as Australia and Africa--who reveal their fears, trade advice, share experiences, and express their deepest, most intimate concerns. Essential reading for any woman with this diagnosis, it offers the companionship of other women dealing with this disease. Taking the reader chronologically through the stages of diagnosis, treatment, recovery, and self-discovery, I Am Not My Breast Cancer offers women a deeper understanding of themselves and living with cancer.
Paperback, 379 pp, $30.99. Buy
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Talking About Treatment, Recommendations for Breast Cancer Adjuvant Treatment by Felicia Roberts
This is the first analysis of the conversations that occur between breast cancer patients and their doctors. The work highlights the balance a doctor must strike between not guaranteeing a cure while promoting one particular treatment option
, 144 pp, $136.95. Buy
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Cancer Vixen, A True Story by Marisa Acocella Marchetto
Marisa Acocella Marchetto tells the story of her 11-month, ultimately triumphant bout with breast cancer--from diagnosis to cure, and every challenging step in between. This graphic memoir is a portrait of one woman's supercharged life in Manhattan and a wonderful love story
, 212 pp, $30.95. Buy
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What Yoyr Dr Not Tell Breast Cancer by J. Lee
Available for the first time in mass market--the breakthrough program that uses natural hormone balance to reduce the risk of breast cancer and help eliminate a recurrence
Paperback, 512 pp, $11.95. Buy
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Cancer Schmancer by Fran Drescher
From Drescher, here's the funny and empowering "New York Times" bestseller about taking charge of health problems and finding humor in the face of adversity. Part inspirational cancer-survival story, part memoir-as-a-laugh riot, "Cancer Schmancer" picks up where Fran's last book, "Enter Whining, " left off
Paperback, 256 pp, $20.95. Buy
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After Breast Cancer: A Common-Sense Guide to Life After Treatment by Hester Hill Schnipper
This commonsense guide to life after t
Paperback, 302 pp, $22.95. Buy
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Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book by Susan M. Love
Paperback, 640 pp, $32.99. Buy
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Just Get Me Through This!, The Practical Guide to Breast Cancer by Deborah A. Cohen, Robert M. Geldfand and Robert M. Gelfand and others
Written in a unique "girlfriend-to-girlfriend" style, this book offers warm, reassuring and practical advice for surviving breast cancer from someone who as there
Paperback, 272 pp, $19.95. Buy
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Breast Cancer for Dummies by Ronit Elk
This reassuring, easy-to-understand guide demystifies the disease and shows women how to cope with treatment, recovery and their own fears. The pros and cons of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and hormone therapy are explained, guiding women and their families to the right course of treatment.
Paperback, 378 pp, $27.95. Buy
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Songs from a Lead-Lined Room by Suzanne Strempek Shea
Songs from a Lead-Lined Room is a memoir rooted in truth and raw experience with a sure and compelling woman's voice. The leadlined room is the radiation therapy unit where Suzanne was treated for breast cancer. Her diary of this time is powerful and illuminating. Shea shares her despair, indignity, and fear as well as the compassion and caring of her friends, her husband, and fellow patients.
"This is one of those books that changes your life forever. I am deeply grateful that I got a chance to read it, and I will recommend it to everyone I know."
-Anita Shreve, author of The Last Time They Met and Fortune's Rocks: A Novel
Paperback, 216 pp, $31.95. Buy
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Stepping into the Ring, Fighting for Hope over Despair in the Battle against Breast Cancer by Nicole Johnson
"Stepping in the Ring" is the 2002 Women of Faith drama sketch by Nicole Johnson, possibly her most powerful piece of writing to date. "Women have always had a unique fellowship of suffering," Nicole says. Where is the woman old or young who will not shed a tear and silently scream in her heart as she walks in these pages through the diagnosis of breast cancer and the devastation that ensues? While she focuses on the specific soul-chilling crisis, Nicole offers her readers broader insights for dealing with major losses of all kinds. She extends genuine hope and much-needed rays of light to those who are mired in hopelessness and despair. A "must" read for breast cancer patients and their loved ones. This second book in the Faith/Hope/Love T
, 63 pp, $15.95. Buy
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The Feisty Woman's Breast Cancer Book by Elaine Ratner
Breaking down the taboos associated with breast cancer and its treatment, Ratner offers women hope that they can survive and come out whole. She also shares 18 insights gleaned from her own experience with breast cancer. Published to coincide with Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Paperback, 288 pp, $27.99. Buy
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Lymphedema, A Breast Cancer Patient's Guide to Prevention and Healing by Jeannie Burt and Gwen White
Women who undergo surgery for breast cancer may end up with lymphedema, a painful, visible swelling, usually of the arm. Coming to their aid, Lymphedema lays out the many options for preventing and treating the condition. The book provides information on reducing lymphedema through professional therapy as well as exercise and self-massage, plus helpful illustrations and additional resources. It also tells encouraging stories of women who have dealt with lymphedema successfully. With updates throughout on the latest research, products, and techniques, this new edition features expanded nutrition and exercise sections and covers naturopathy, acupuncture, and Chinese herbal medicine, as well as potential future therapies being tested
Paperback, 245 pp, $25.95. Buy
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Breast Cancer by Steve Austin and Cathy Hitchcock
Offers advice on prevention, describes each step of diagnosis and treatment, and suggests questions to ask one's doctor
Paperback, 334 pp, $31.95. Buy
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Speak the Language of Healing by Susan Kuner
In this text, four women with four different spiritual perspectives describe what it feels like to be diagnosed and treated for breast cancer.
Paperback, 232 pp, $20.95. Buy
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Breast Cancer Prevention & Recovery Diet, Practical, Accurate Advice from a Breast Cancer Survivor by Suzannah Olivier
Essential reading for all women, this groundbreaking book reveals how eating the right foods can build the immune system, rebalance hormones, and encourage detoxification to keep the body adequately nourished, in order to prevent or recover from breast cancer
Paperback, 397 pp, $23.95. Buy
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When Your Wife Has Breast Cancer, A Story of Love, Courage and Survival by Mark Weiss
Tells the story of his 38-year-old wife Cathy's battle with breast cancer. The author examines the choices they had, the decisions they made, the setbacks they experienced, and the emotional upheaval they faced. He discusses the fears he harboured for himself, his wife and his children during this time of uncertainty
, 158 pp, $25.95. Buy
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