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Many people believe the topic of surviving prostate cancer relates only to men. It doesn't. This disease can take a serious toll on women, too. Cindie Hubiak's book, A Woman's Guide to Thriving after Prostate Cancer, shows how women can take their experience with prostate cancer beyond surviving to thriving. Suffering in silence after her husband's diagnosis, Cindie woke up to her deep-seated unhappiness. Her search for remedies led her to revitalize her relationship and thrive as a woman.

In 1998, Spielman's wife, Stefanie, was diagnosed with breast cancer, launching an eleven-year journey that brought joy and suffering to the Spielmans and hope and inspiration to thousands of others. In That's Why I'm Here, Spielman traces his storied career, recalls his courtship with Stephanie, cherishes the growth of their four children, and invokes the deep, spiritual faith that gave their family wisdom and comfort in times of struggle.

Cancer rates continue to skyrocket, and the overall survival rate for stage IV cancer patients in the United States is a grim 2.1 percent. Clearly, the extensive use of expensive - sometimes ineffective - toxins in conventional oncology protocols is a failing strategy. Even the few survivors of these harsh slash-and-burn treatments can have a dismal quality of life, suffering with ailments such as nerve damage, heart muscle disease, and liver and kidney failure.

Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book has long been the bible for the newly diagnosed. In this completely revised fifth edition, it also becomes a guide for those at risk of getting breast cancer, survivors interested in the consequences of their treatment, and anyone who wants to understand the new research about how the local environment influences the manifestations and treatments of many different kinds of breast cancer.

Surviving non-Hodgkins lymphoma, melanoma, and prostate cancer, former White House chief-of-staff Hamilton Jordan shares his personal and political reflections--from his experiences with the Civil Rights movement to his civilian volunteer tour in Vietnam, from his years of scrutiny under the Carter administration to his agonizing, yet triumphant times battling cancer.

You're Not Alone brings listeners the actual voices of more than twenty women and men who have lived through breast cancer and who now want to be a friend to others by sharing their experiences, well-earned wisdom, humor, and advice.

Aaron Dean Ruotsala, 24-year-old husband, father, business owner, and pilot shares a true story about a heart-wrenching experience he calls the best and worst experience of a lifetime. This story will provoke you to laughter, tears, and cause you to examine yourself and your role as a human on this temporal journey.

Since serving as President Jimmy Carter's chief of staff in the late 1970s, Hamilton Jordan has survived three forms of cancer: non-Hodgkins lymphoma, melanoma, and prostate cancer. In this remarkable memoir, Jordan recounts his tumultuous adventures in the political arena and his successful journeys through the world of modern cancer treatment.

Fulfilling a deathbed request, Nancy Nichols writes about the connection between the industrial pollution in their hometown and the rare cancer that was killing her sister, Sue.

Un libro indispensable que detalla todo lo que debes saber sobre el cáncer de mama, en un lenguaje sencillo, empático pero profundo, para tomar las mejores decisiones de acuerdo a tus necesidades. Si consideras que hablar de cáncer es un tema tabú, si cada vez que escuchas la palabra la asocias con muerte o sientes ansiedad, si crees que sólo es necesario visitar al oncólogo cuando hay un diagnóstico, debes leer este libro ya.

When Amy Nappa was unexpectedly diagnosed with Stage IV-B uterine cancer, her life and that of her husband's, Mike, changed forever. But they weren't the only ones whose lives were touched by Amy's courageous journey into the waiting arms of her loving Savior. What started out as a private Facebook group intended to keep family and close friends apprised of Amy's medical condition grew to include hundreds, with thousands more reading publicly about Amy daily on social media.

この病院でいいのか? この治療法でいいのか? 受けている治療がうまくいっていない気がするが、誰に相談すればいいのか? がんと診断された日から、患者と家族には山のような不安が押し寄せます。

"Du har cancer Charlotta" sa läkaren. 35 år gammal fick jag aggressiv trippelnegativ bröstcancer. Mina barn var då ett, två och fyra år. Jag stekte pannkakor och planerade inför min begravning. När Charlotta får reda på att hon är gravid med sitt fjärde barn är hon redan i artonde veckan. Det är bara sju månader efter hennes senaste cellgiftsbehandling och läkarna hade sagt att hon inte skulle kunna få fler barn. Hon överväldigas av känslor. Lycka. Rädsla. Hon börjar skriva ner sina tankar, för att komma underfund med tankarna om allt det ljusa och allt det mörka.

Jedes Jahr trifft eine halbe Million Deutsche die Diagnose: Krebs. Wie bei Verena Sam, der Fitness-Trainerin mit Gesundheit als Lebensprogramm. Sie hat Brustkrebs. Zusammen mit ihrem Partner, dem Ernährungsexperten Achim Sam, sucht sie bei diversen Wissenschaftlern Rat: Wie soll sie weiterleben? Soll sie noch Sport treiben? Fasten oder besser Kohlenhydrate essen? Vegan oder Fleisch? Unterstützt Vitamin C das Immunsystem - oder den Krebs?

Step confidently into your radiation therapy journey with Ready, Set, Radiation: How to Prepare for Radiation Therapy Treatments by Shaina Moore-Ivanov R.T.T. This expertly crafted guide demystifies the complexities of radiation therapy, translating intimidating medical concepts into clear, accessible language. As a seasoned radiation therapist, Moore-Ivanov provides you with compassionate roadmap through the preparation, process, and aftermath associated with radiation treatment.

A support group from breast cancer diagnosis through treatment to rehabilitation and recovery, this book combines inspiring Chicken Soup for the Soul stories written just for this book and accessible leading-edge medical information from Dr. Julie Silver of Harvard Medical School. Patients and survivors will find comfort, strength and hope.

When Travis Brady was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, she sought advice from friends, and their friends, and their friends of friends—women who had been treated before her. She needed tips to make this process smoother, gentler, and more manageable. With this book, Travis offers you all the information she wished she had when she was first diagnosed—tips and practices that made her feel more in control in an uncontrollable situation.

How does a mere molecule—a chemical structure—become a drug? And how do we know that it works safely? In a one-trillion-dollar pharmaceutical industry with high-stakes profits and perils, battles are raging every day to successfully bring a molecule to its birth: an FDA-approved medicine. In Race for a Remedy, Makhdum Ahmed, MD, an internationally renowned expert in cancer treatment and drug development, takes listeners behind the scenes of the fascinating and intense world of cancer drug development.

Everyone loves the story of a survivor but the road to becoming one requires the curiosity, strength and courage of a warrior. "Living Cancer Free" is an auto-biographical story by 20-year cancer survivor, Sara Quiriconi, Live Free Warrior. Self-proclaimed the modern day Holden Caulfield with a cancer twist, Quiriconi cites her history and real-life "cancerous" struggles with anorexia, bulimia, alcohol addiction, lymphoma cancer, divorce, PTSD, unfulfilling jobs, and more.

At the age of twenty-two, Phil Z was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Instead of starting his new career as a fourth-grade teacher and getting engaged to the love of his life, he experienced uncertainty and despair in the face of tests, surgeries, appointments, medications, and a myriad of devastating symptoms caused by both cancer and treatment.