Hope Beyond Cure
Author: David McDonald
Publisher:
Published: 2018-02
Total Pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9781925424218
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDavid McDonald wrestles with a vital, and for him, a very personal question: is there hope beyond cure?
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Hope Beyond Cancer
Author: Phyllis Kruger
Publisher: Partridge Africa
Published: 2015-08-19
Total Pages: 71
ISBN-13: 1482808935
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHope beyond Cancer describes my journey with inflammatory breast cancer and being told that I do not have three months to live. I share my experience and give information about the choice I made to follow a Holistic approach after undergoing a bilateral mastectomy with lymph removal. As I regard my body as a temple for my journey on earth, I could not follow the traditional treatment of toxic chemotherapy and radiation.
Cancer with Hope
Author: C. Michael Armstrong
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2021-04-13
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781421440187
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is an essential read for anyone on this difficult journey.
A Season for Hope
Author: Michael S. Barry
Publisher: Honor Books
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781562922832
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on his countless occasions to listen to the needs of cancer patients, this chaplain and author reflects on both the reality of life as a cancer patient and the reality of a good and gracious God who promises healing and hope for the journey.
Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Author: Patricia Prijatel
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-10-02
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 0199911967
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter her diagnosis of hormone-negative breast cancer, health journalist Patricia Prijatel did what any reporter would do: start investigating the disease, how it occurs, how it's treated, and how to keep it from recurring. While she learned that important research on triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) was emerging, she found a noticeable lack of resources on the disease, which differs from hormone-positive breast cancer in important ways, including prognosis and treatment options. Triple-negative breast cancer disproportionately affects younger women and African-American women-and some forms of it can be more dangerous than other types of breast cancer. But there are many reasons to be hopeful, as Prijatel shows in this book. Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer delivers research-based information on the biology of TNBC; the role of genetics, family history, and race; how to navigate treatment options; understanding a pathology report; and a plethora of strategies to reduce the risk of recurrence, including diet and lifestyle changes. In clear, approachable language, Prijatel provides a fact-filled guide based on a vast array of scientific studies. Woven throughout the book are stories of women who have faced TNBC. These are mothers, wives, daughters, and sisters who went through a variety of medical treatments and then got on with life--one competes in triathlons, two had babies after being treated with chemo, one got remarried in her 50s, and one just celebrated the 30th birthday of the son she was nursing when she was diagnosed. Writing with honesty and humor, Prijatel delivers an inspiring message--that TNBC is a disease to take seriously, with proper and occasionally aggressive treatment, but it is not automatically a killer. Most women diagnosed with the disease survive and go on to live full lives. Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer is a roadmap for women who want to be empowered through their treatment and recovery.
The Human Side of Cancer
Author: Jimmie C. Holland
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-10-13
Total Pages: 539
ISBN-13: 0061852783
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor more than twenty years, Dr. Holland has pioneered the study of psychological problems of cancer patients and their families -- whom she calls "the real experts." In The Human Side of Cancer, she shares what she has learned from all of them about facing this life-threatening illness and what truly helps along the cancer journey. This book is the next best thing to sitting in Dr. Holland's office and talking with her about the uncertainty and anxiety elicited by this disease. And it is a book that inspires hope -- through stories of the simple courage of ordinary people confronting cancer.
False Hope
Author: Richard A. Rettig
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007-01-25
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 0199748241
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the late 1980s, a promising new treatment for breast cancer emerged: high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplantation or HDC/ABMT. By the 1990s, it had burst upon the oncology scene and disseminated rapidly before having been carefully evaluated. By the time published studies showed that the procedure was ineffective, more than 30,000 women had received the treatment, shortening their lives and adding to their suffering. This book tells of the rise and demise of HDC/ABMT for metastatic and early stage breast cancer, and fully explores the story's implications, which go well beyond the immediate procedure, and beyond breast cancer, to how we in the United States evaluate other medical procedures, especially life-saving ones. It details how the factors that drove clinical use--patient demand, physician enthusiasm, media reporting, litigation, economic exploitation, and legislative and administrative mandates--converged to propel the procedure forward despite a lack of proven clinical effectiveness. It also analyzes the limited effect of technology assessments before randomized clinical trials evaluated decisively the procedure and the ramifications of this system on healthcare today. Sections of the book consider the initial conditions surrounding the emergence of the new breast cancer treatment, the drivers of clinical use, and the struggle for evidence-based medicine. A concluding section considers the significance of the story for our healthcare system.
Having Children After Cancer
Author: Gina M. Shaw
Publisher: Celestial Arts
Published: 2011-02-22
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1587613654
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYes, you can have children after cancer. When faced with a cancer diagnosis, many doctors and patients rush full-speed ahead into treatment, giving minimal attention to the potential fertility implications. Luckily, the field of oncofertility is growing quickly, and medical writer Gina Shaw, herself a cancer survivor, is ready to unravel the complex and evolving issues involved in pre- and post-cancer fertility and family-building options—for both men and women. Having Children After Cancer gives you all the tools you need to: Understand how different cancers can affect fertility Identify which treatments―chemo, radiation, and surgery―can potentially impair your fertility Discuss fertility-sparing treatment options with your doctor Select the fertility preservation method that’s right for you—from freezing eggs, embryos, and sperm to preserving ovarian tissue Analyze the chances of getting pregnant—using natural methods and with in vitro fertilization Determinethe best time to get pregnant (and which drug therapies to avoid while doing so) Have a healthy post-cancer pregnancy Navigate surrogacy and what to tell prospective candidates about your medical history Consider adoption and learn about survivor-friendly adoption programs and countries Find sample medical letters and other insurance-company red-tape busting information Think through the implications of mother- and fatherhood after cancer Figure out how to talk to your children about the big C With a foreword by top oncologist Hope Rugo of the UCSF Cancer Center, this first and only cancer-and-fertility guide for patients and survivors will allow you to be your own best advocate throughout the journey.
Hoping for More
Author: Deanna Thompson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2012-05-01
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1621892050
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"We tend to use words like miracle and mystery in the context of serendipity. In this frank and eloquent account of life transformed by cancer, Deanna Thompson explores these articles of faith as they are also wont to appear--on the hard edges of hope and the dark side of joy." --Krista Tippett, from the Foreword Hoping for More is a story of a young religion professor with a stage IV cancer diagnosis and a lousy prognosis for the future. Amid the grief and the grace of her fractured life, this theologian--who is also a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend--searches for words adequate to express her faltering faith. More Anne Lamott meets Harold Kushner than the teller of a pious, God-saved-me-from-cancer tale, Thompson unpacks the messy realities that arise when faith and suffering collide. Told in shimmering prose, Hoping for More takes readers on an unsentimental journey through the valley of the shadow of cancer--beyond the predictable parameters of prayer, the church, even belief in life after death. What emerges is a novel approach to talking faith and accepting grace when hope is all you've got.
Finding the Light in Cancer's Shadow
Author: Lynn Eib
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13: 1414305729
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor and cancer patient advocate Lynn Eib, a colon cancer survivor, draws on her own experiences, the wisdom of Scripture, and the stories of others who battled cancer, to help survivors and their loved ones deal with their fears, their moods, their questions, and more.
