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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. An award-winning medical oncologist recognized for his humanitarian approach as well as his research accomplishments, Dr. Frank understands that cancer patients and their families need insight into the disease.

With decades of experience treating oncology patients, Dr. Nabhan answers your essential questions about cancer, including how it develops, how it is diagnosed, how it is treated, and how to prevent it from returning. He provides suggestions for how readers can prepare for their first visit to a cancer specialist, what questions to ask the health care team, and insider tips for getting second opinions and clinical trials.

When you or someone you love is diagnosed with cancer it feels like your whole world is falling apart. Not knowing what will happen next is terrifying, and that is the main reason I wrote this book, hoping that my experience could help others. The first title of this book was, “My body is weak but my mind is strong”, starting out as a story about my personal battle with cancer, and that was the mantra I used to hype myself up before my final chemotherapy session.

Lynn Soles made her career about creating beauty – as an artist, art teacher, tattoo artist and owner of a “permanent beauty” clinic. Then her doctors told her she had cancer. She had to choose: Die soon and ugly from cancer or enter a long course of treatments that might allow her to regain the life she’d known. This remarkable memoir and guidebook, written in the course of her first year of treatment, gives real-life guidance for best supporting others through long-term illnesses and surgeries.

Maëlle a 30 ans quand elle apprend qu'elle est atteinte d'un cancer du sein métastatique, réputé incurable. En partant de son expérience, et en allant à la rencontre d'autres patient·e·s, d'oncologues, de chirurgiens, de psychologues mais aussi d'associations, de travailleur·se·s socia·le·ux, d'entrepreneur·e·s, de laboratoires pharmaceutiques et de personnalités politiques, cette série questionne la narration stéréotypée des cancers du sein, interroge les attentes de genre des patientes posées sur elles par la société, et invite tou·te·s les citoyen·ne·s à sortir de l'apathie pour lutter ensemble contre la maladie du siècle.

If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer the future looks scary and uncertain. What treatment options are there? What will your quality of life be? How do you talk to your family about your diagnosis? What are the financial implications? If you find yourself with more questions than answers then you need Living with Pancreatic Cancer.

Lina es una persona que posee muchas virtudes, en este audiolibro afloran dos en especial: la honestidad y un pragmatismo especialmente inteligente. Me consta que todo lo que aquí se dice fue así, tal cual está escrito. En cada capítulo hay una serie de lucidez que nos llega con fuerza. No es un impacto solo para las personas que padecen cáncer de mama, sino una experiencia vital que le hace frente al sufrimiento, no importa si estás o no enfermo o enferma.

Es un tema delicado, doloroso y complicado de aceptar… pero no imposible de superar. Empecemos con una breve introducción… el cuerpo humano se rige por un proceso en el que las células del cuerpo se desarrollan y empiezan a crecer y cuando nuestro organismo lo necesite, estas células se empiezan a multiplicar para seguir con los procesos de desarrollo, ya que dichas células del cuerpo llegan a envejecer y mueren y siempre hay un constante ciclo de reemplazo entre las células.

This is the perfect audiobook for cancer survivors and their families. It’s a must-listen for anyone who is facing impossible odds. It’s impossible to hear this audiobook and not feel empowered by Keith ’s unbreakable spirit and desire to make everyone around him a little better.

Winning the Breast Cancer Battle is a heartfelt and revealing book which will offer answers to these questions directly from the experiences of a breast cancer survivor. Karen Iverson never imagined cancer would grab her but it did. The breast cancer patient will suffer physically and mentally. Family, friends, and caregivers will suffer too. And though breast cancer is said to be “curable” this time of your life is going to be tumultuous and not an easy path to follow but it can be managed with help.

You Finished Treatment, Now What? is a road map for lifestyle and natural medicine approaches to address health challenges that persist after cancer care, and to reduce the risk of recurrence. Written for cancer survivors/thrivers, those who care for them, as well as health-care providers, You Finished Treatment highlights the evidence for an integrative approach to healing.

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.

Bettina Greschner hat sich lange Zeit ihres Leben nicht erwünscht und nie gut genug gefühlt. Das Leben ging nicht gerade zimperlich mit ihr um. Aufgewachsen mit einem alkoholabhängigen Elternteil, der tödliche Verlust des Lebenspartners kurz vor der geplanten Hochzeit, 2011 die Diagnose "Brustkrebs" und zeitgleich die Selbständigkeit mit einem Möbelgeschäft, welche damals unter keinem guten Stern stand. Was nun? Warten bis es noch schlimmer wird und noch weiter bergab geht? Nein! Das war keine Option.

On a cold December morning, Dr. Katz awoke to a voice screaming in her head, “Look in the mirror, damn it!” Dutifully she went to the mirror and was shocked to see a growth on the right side of her neck. Suddenly, the months of pain, insomnia, fatigue, and night sweats she had brushed off as menopause and pandemic fatigue morphed into something much more frightening. Cancer.

This bundle is a comprehensive guide to cancer prevention and survival, designed to help listeners understand the disease and take proactive steps to protect their health. The bundle includes audiobooks that cover a range of topics, from the basics of cancer prevention to more advanced techniques for surviving and thriving after a cancer diagnosis. You will learn about the risk factors for cancer, the importance of early detection, and the role of lifestyle factors in cancer prevention.

Cancer is a disease in which cells in the body grow abnormally and out of control. Normally, cells in the body divide and grow in an orderly way, and old or damaged cells die and are replaced by new cells. However, in cancer, cells divide and grow in an uncontrolled manner, forming a mass of tissue called a tumor. There are several ways you can do to protect yourself and lessen the chances of getting cancer and this audiobook will teach you how.

Was qualifiziert den Autor? Als Angehöriger eines Krebspatienten hat der Autor viele Behandlungen, Informationen und Tipps selbst in der Praxis in Augenschein nehmen können. Zahlreiche Gespräche mit Onkologen, Schwestern, Therapeuten, anderen Patienten, Forschern und Naturmedizinern folgten. Dieser gesamte Eindruck sowie die persönlichen Erfahrungen ermöglichen es, ein Bild zu vermitteln, das bei unbedarften Patienten und Angehörigen so manche Fehlentscheidung verhindern kann.

This book provides substantial scientific evidence for the anticancer properties of pomegranates. Modern medicine is now discovering the healing properties of pomegranates, and studies show that in conjunction with medical therapy, pomegranates can help in the treatment of various cancers.

Cancer Set Me Free by Glenn Sturm takes you on a vicarious journey through a life of wealth, stealth, abundance, privilege, power, and other curses. To whom much is given, much is expected, but sometimes, those who give abundantly of time and resources do not necessarily receive an easy ride from the universal forces. If you can end this book with a new way of looking at your own life at a time that can benefit you, you have won, and the author has achieved his goal.