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Anticancer: A New Way of Life by David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD
“The new edition of Anticancer includes:
• The latest research on anticancer foods, including new alternatives to sugar and cautions about some that are now on the market
• New information about how vitamin D strengthens the immune system
• Warnings about common food contaminants that have recently been proven to contribute to cancer progression
• A new chapter on mind-body approaches to stress reduction, with recent studies that show how our reactions to stress can interfere with natural defenses and how friendships can support healing in ways never before understood
• A groundbreaking study showing that lifestyle modification, as originally proposed in Anticancer, reduces mortality for breast cancer by an astounding 68 percent after completion of treatment
• New supporting evidence for the entire Anticancer program.”
Anticancer: A New Way of Life: David Servan-Schreiber: 9780670021642: Amazon.com: Books
Being Single, With Cancer by Tracy Maxwell
“Diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer seven years ago, Tracy Maxwell understands the unique swirl of hopes and fears, insecurities and triumphs of a single person with cancer. In Being Single, with Cancer, she combines her experience, other survivors’ personal stories, results of a survey of over 100 survivors, and advice from experts to help you navigate through each stage of your journey from diagnosis through treatment and beyond.”
“With honesty, humor, and hope, Being Single, with Cancer is a valuable reminder that you may be single, but you are not alone.”
https://www.amazon.com/Being-Single-Cancer-Tracy-Maxwell/dp/1936303418
Fighting Cancer with Knowledge by Richard C. Frank
“Anyone who is diagnosed with cancer receives a frightening blow, and in many cases the diagnosis is accompanied by a bewildering array of treatment choices. In this invaluable book, Dr. Richard C. Frank offers comfort and help to cancer patients, their families, and their caretakers. Dr. Frank empowers patients by unlocking the mysteries of the disease and explaining in plain language the ways to confront and combat it.”
“Dr. Frank understands that cancer patients and their families need insight into the disease along with a sense of control. He therefore addresses these vital topics: what cancer is and how it spreads; how cancer treatment strategies are chosen; how cancer-fighting drugs work to shut down the growth of the disease; which factors affect a patient's prognosis; how patients can visualize cancer treatments at work in the body and why this is helpful; and, how to deal with 'uncurable' cancer.”
https://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Cancer-Knowledge-Hope-University/dp/0300151020
Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life
by Dr. Ira Byock, M.D.
“Dying Well brings us to the homes and bedsides of families with whom Dr. Byock has worked, telling stories of love and reconciliation in the face of tragedy, pain, medical drama, and conflict. Through the true stories of patients, he shows us that a lot of important emotional work can be accomplished in the final months, weeks, and even days of life. It is a companion for families, showing them how to deal with doctors, how to talk to loved ones—and how to make the end of life as meaningful and enriching as the beginning.”
https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Well-Peace-Possibilities-Life/dp/1573226572
Embrace, Release, Heal by Leigh Fortson
"After her third cancer diagnosis in three years, Leigh Fortson was given few options by her doctors and little hope for a bright future. For weeks, she mourned the life she thought she was losing―until she was introduced to an idea that changed everything: our thoughts and emotions influence every cell in our body.” That revelation helped her begin the journey to becoming cancer-free and more joyful than ever.
The book includes interviews with medical experts and people who are now thriving after a terminal cancer diagnosis.
https://www.amazon.com/Embrace-Release-Heal-Empowering-Thinking/dp/1604074310
Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn
“Stress. It can sap our energy, undermine our health if we let it, even shorten our lives. It makes us more vulnerable to anxiety and depression, disconnection and disease. Based on Jon Kabat-Zinn’s renowned mindfulness-based stress reduction program, this classic, groundbreaking work—which gave rise to a whole new field in medicine and psychology—shows you how to use medically proven mind-body approaches derived from meditation and yoga to counteract stress, establish greater balance of body and mind, and stimulate well-being and healing. By engaging in these mindfulness practices and integrating them into your life from moment to moment and from day to day, you can learn to manage chronic pain, promote optimal healing, reduce anxiety and feelings of panic, and improve the overall quality of your life, relationships, and social networks.”
Resilience by Ramzi & Nicole Mansour
“Cancer! Just the word itself strikes fear into even the most resilient. It is the fear of everything we know about cancer, and yet it is even more about the fear of the unknown, and the fear of an uncertain journey into a future that only yesterday was full of hope and adventure.”
This book charts that journey of 42 female warriors and offers renewed hope in the human spirit. “These brave women take us through their stories, on a journey from the seismic shock of that first diagnosis, to the unreal sound of cancer in a context relating to oneself. It is a journey through the real and cold realization that mortality beckons from some far, dark corner: A corner where fear, anger and denial lurk. But for many of them, light has arrived.”
The link below includes a free download of the book.
How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman, M.D.
“On average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within eighteen seconds. In that short time, many doctors decide on the likely diagnosis and best treatment. Often, decisions made this way are correct, but at crucial moments they can also be wrong—with catastrophic consequences.”
"In this revolutionary book, Jerome Groopman pinpoints the forces and thought processes behind the decisions doctors make, offering direct, intelligent questions patients can ask their doctors to help them get back on track."
https://www.amazon.com/How-Doctors-Think-Jerome-Groopman/dp/0547053649
It Isn't Ugly Forever: What I wish I knew when I went through cancer.
by Stacey A. Peterson
"The day after I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer I started to wonder what I was supposed to do next. Being a natural list maker, I wanted to know how I would get through cancer and I tried desperately to cross off something from my list. Ten years after I was diagnosed, I have published the book I wish I would have had when I was on my cancer journey. It includes my story and a variety of lists that I wish I would have had to know that I was moving forward. Patients and caregivers alike will be able to enjoy this book and gain direction of how to move through cancer with purpose and drive."
Love is a Journey: Couples Facing Cancer
by Jan Latona, Ph.D. & Gary J. Stricklin, Ph.D
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“The diagnosis of "cancer" is frightening enough for the patient. But the disease has a deep impact on the patient's partner and the couple's relationship as well. Life is not the same, and a new journey has begun. This book, drawing on the personal experience of the authors and many others, offers a compassionate guide for the journey. Those who find themselves on this most difficult road will learn how other couples have coped successfully."
https://www.amazon.com/Love-Journey-Couples-Facing-Cancer/dp/1420828614
Finding the "Can" in Cancer
by Nancy Emerson, Susan Moonan, and Terri Schinazi
"A compelling handbook for cancer patients, their families, and friends. Four long-term survivors, with more than 70 years of collective experience dealing with cancer, have put together a guidebook to help others who face this illness. The authors combine personal stories and experiences with practical tips for coping with side effects, information on tests and procedures, emotional and spiritual encouragement, and advice on how to let others help during this difficult time."
https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Can-Cancer-Nancy-Emerson/dp/143031365X
Outshine: An Ovarian Cancer Memoir by Karen Ingalls
“When Karen Ingalls was diagnosed with Stage II Ovarian Cancer, she realized how little she knew about what was once called the silent killer. As Ingalls began to educate herself, she felt overwhelmed by the prevalent negativity of cancer.”
"In this memoir, Karen is a calming presence and positive companion, offering a refreshing perspective of hope with the knowledge that the beauty of the soul, the real me and the real you, outshines the effects of cancer, chemotherapy and radiation.''
https://www.amazon.com/Outshine-Ovarian-Cancer-Karen-Ingalls/dp/1592984622
Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds
by Kelly A. Turner, Ph.D.
“While getting her Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkley, Dr. Turner, a researcher, lecturer, and counselor in integrative oncology, was shocked to discover that no one was studying episodes of radical (or unexpected) remission—when people recover against all odds without the help of conventional medicine, or after conventional medicine has failed. She was so fascinated by this kind of remission that she embarked on a ten-month trip around the world, traveling to ten different countries to interview fifty holistic healers and twenty radical remission cancer survivors about their healing practices and techniques. Her research continued by interviewing over 100 Radical Remission survivors and studying over 1000 of these cases. Her evidence presents nine common themes that she believes may help even terminal patients turn their lives around.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062268759/30-622-2-20
https://www.radicalremission.com/
Sex and Cancer (Intimacy, Romance, and Love after Diagnosis and Treatment) by Saketh R. Guntupalli, MD, and Maryann Karinch
“Sex and Cancer focuses on surviving and thriving―more than 70 percent of women with gynecologic cancers now survive! ― and helps readers mitigate outcomes and overcome challenges of sexual dysfunction after a cancer diagnosis; reassess the priorities in an intimate relationship to support the patient’s struggle, healing, and libido; and learn to interact with the professionals tasked with saving lives and enhancing those areas affected by cancer diagnosis and treatment.”
“Readers will find insight, comfort, and suggestions for addresses the questions about intimacy and sexual function that are often left unexpressed.”
https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Cancer-Intimacy-Diagnosis-Treatment/dp/1442275081
The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Recovery by Rebecca Katz and Mat Edelson
“The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen features 150 science-based, nutrient-rich recipes that are easy to prepare and designed to give patients a much-needed boost by stimulating appetite and addressing treatment side effects including fatigue, nausea, dehydration, mouth and throat soreness, tastebud changes, and weight loss. A step-by-step guide helps patients nutritionally prepare for all phases of treatment, and a full nutritional analysis accompanies each recipe. This remarkable resource teaches patients and caregivers how to use readily available powerhouse ingredients to build a symptom- and cancer-fighting culinary toolkit.”