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Aos 32 anos, não foi fácil para a jornalista Ana Michelle Soares receber o diagnóstico de que seu câncer de mama tinha voltado e atingira outros órgãos. Não havia mais possibilidade de cura. O tratamento seria focado em controlar a doença e seus sintomas—e em lhe proporcionar a melhor vida até o fim.

Cancer doctor and best-selling author Dr. EB delivers her rendition of Chapter 10, Higher Ground, by using her intellectual prowess, complemented by interspersed recitals of her original collection of prose, enhanced by commentaries, bonus prose, and a chant for cancer patients. Her unique style is captivating as she describes her passion and purpose for treating cancer patients, treating beyond the cancer by using not only her medical expertise, but embracing her patients’ vulnerabilities, allowing them to share their fears and what lies at the very seat of their souls.

Wie können wir Hoffnung schöpfen und Kraft finden, wenn wir mit Krankheit, Kummer, Schmerz oder Tod konfrontiert sind? Diese Frage beschäftigt auch Julia Baird, als sie schwer an Krebs erkrankt. Im Phänomen der Phosphoreszenz findet sie schließlich die geeignete Metapher für das, was uns in dunklen Stunden Licht bringt: So, wie es die Phosphoreszenz Glühwürmchen, Quallen und sogar ganzen Ozeanen ermöglicht, aus sich selbst heraus zu leuchten, können auch wir Menschen unsere eigene Phosphoreszenz erschaffen.

Optimizing Radiation Therapy is designed to help maximize the effectiveness of radiation treatment while minimizing or eliminating any side effects. As you listen, learn to use the power of focused concentration, guided imagery, deep relaxation, and other mind tools to manage the reactions and responses of your body. In addition to reducing side effects, you will focus upon directing the radiation you receive toward the disease cells instead of your healthy cells.

The book encourages the young to work for realizing their objectives and withstand the difficulties they may face, while at the same time lets the grown-up enjoy the success of a young girl who moves from one continent to another and establishes stability and enjoys happiness to overcome all difficulties.

Passados dois anos da publicação de seu primeiro livro, Enquanto eu respirar, a jornalista Ana Michelle Soares segue inteira na vida. Em 2011, aos 28 anos, ela foi diagnosticada com um câncer de mama. Aos 32, a doença voltou e atingiu outros órgãos, sem possibilidade de cura. Agora, entre tratamentos e remissões, ela busca o que realmente importa: o sentido de estar aqui. Nesta obra AnaMi se rende à liberdade de descobrir que um diagnóstico não se resume ao que dita a biologia. Com mais paixão do que nunca, ela fala apenas de vida.

In 2009, an influential panel of medical experts ignited a controversy when they recommended that most women should not begin routine mammograms to screen for breast cancer until the age of 50, reversing guidelines they had issued just seven years before when they recommended 40 as the optimal age to start getting mammograms. Many women’s groups, health care advocates, and individual women saw the guidelines as privileging financial considerations over women’s health and a setback to decades-long efforts to reduce the mortality rate of breast cancer.

Tutto comincia da una singola cellula. Una sola, tra migliaia di miliardi. Una cellula che si divide in due cellule uguali, e poi lo fa ancora, e ancora, e ancora, dieci, cento, mille, un milione di volte; una proliferazione che procede impetuosa e senza freni, seguendo la spinta allimmortalità iscritta nei geni. Una corsa paradossale, che porta la cellula a moltiplicarsi fino al punto di pagarne essa stessa il prezzo, uccidendo il corpo ospitante e scomparendo quindi assieme a lui.

"The best we can hope for you to live is 20 to 24 months...." That was the report given to Durell and Susan Tuberville by the physician who diagnosed Durell with stage four colorectal cancer. Durell and Susan were now faced with the question of how to live their final months together. How do you respond when faced with adversity in your own life? In this inspirational autobiography, you will hear about Durell's and Susan's decision to "live the miracle" rather than prepare for death. You will learn of the miracles of life that have given them success in their cancer journey.

This book provides a crash course in all things breast cancer - it's like you called your best friend and she just so happens to be a breast surgeon. It's a simplified and sassy synopsis of all things breast cancer, so that you know what to expect and what questions to ask. So pour a glass of your favorite beverage and find a comfy spot - we are about to unpack the most up-to-date breast cancer treatment strategies for you, and you might just learn some of the science and history along the way!

I never thought I would move away from my family, co-own a business, leave the Catholic church - and battle breast cancer in my 30s. Every decision and challenge has been painful and absolutely necessary for personal growth, fulfillment, and happiness. With this audiobook, I offer a glimpse into my heart and mind as I've faced and navigated unplanned life-changing circumstances. I want you to know that you're not alone, and you don't need to remain stuck in any area of your life.

Memoirs of a caregiver turned cancer patient, turned professional athlete: A young widow suddenly must raise three children alone - all while living with a rare blood cancer and working full time. This situation might make any woman despair, but Sally Kalksma is not just any woman. With her passion for life and her infectious energy, she found the motivation to power through adversity with tenacity and grit while never giving up hope, even when life looked its bleakest.

Cancer can result from abnormal proliferation of any of the different kinds of cells in the body, so there are more than 100 distinct types of cancer, which can vary substantially in their behavior and response to treatment. Cancer occurs when cell division gets out of control. One of the fundamental features of cancer is tumor clonality, the development of tumors from single cells that begin to proliferate abnormally. Rare cancers are any tumors that involve a small percentage of the population in any age group.

In this audiobook, cancer doctor and best-selling author Dr. EB delivers her rendition of Chapter 10, Higher Ground, by using her intellectual prowess complemented by interspersed recital of her original collection of prose, enhanced by commentaries, bonus prose, and chant.

This isn't just a real-life story of a second chance at love - it is a story about a loving husband who would sacrifice everything to ensure his wife’s beautiful smile never wavers. Shana and Schirra’s story will take you on a journey into the joys in marriage, the pains cancer patients face, and the beauty in true love. They are proof that real love exists and it doesn’t need physical well-being to thrive. Through their faith in God and devotion to one another, an eternal love arises that cannot be replaced or shattered.

Nicky, a witty, intelligent, and clever 13-year-old, was diagnosed with a rare childhood bone cancer. However, this book is about more than cancer and its treatment and the fight to survive. It's about more than a mother and her son who accepted his mortality at such a young age and the strength and love between two loving souls.

Baker, knitter, animal lover, wife, mother - but most of all, a writer. That's how Eliza Walton sees herself. Until, halfway through her MFA studies, a diagnosis of rectal cancer lands on her head. Fear, shame, and dread threaten to pull her under. How to face an anxiety-laden year of radiation, chemo, and a permanent colostomy?

The purpose of the audiobook is to inform cancer patients and there families on how to put the right foods inside the human body before and after cancer treatments and nutrition's such as foods that boost the immune system for cancer patients such as meats, fruits, and vegetables that go into there diets and small tricks on how to work up a appetite and much more.

The purpose of this book is to inform cancer patients and their families on how to put the right foods inside the human body before and after cancer treatments, and nutrition such as foods that boost the immune system for cancer patients, such as meats, fruits, and vegetables that go into their diets. Also included are small tricks on how to work up an appetite, and much more.

This book is written from an actual survivor who wants to provide helpful information to anyone, who is going through their own serious health issue or is close to someone who is battling through a major medical problem. The author was a caregiver and then went through his own cancer diagnosis and treatments. These provided the experiences to learn how to recognize and manage the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual challenges that everyone must face during these difficult times.