ROCKFORD — Shy, quiet and even introverted, a devoted mother of three and a workaholic who enjoyed running as an outlet — all those things described Jeanne Greenfield. It took a bout with stage 4B cervical cancer and being the only survivor of a Mayo Clinic-based clinical trial of an experimental regimen of [...]
Recommended books
Books recommended for reading by Peter Fox : Helderberg Hospice Author Title ISBN Kushner, Harold S Hung? On life that matters 0-385-72094-7 Mycroft, Berverly Missing 978-1-92039706-7 Van den Brink, Margerete Stolp, Hans A Christian Book of the dead 978-19034583-10 Ashton, Paul From the Brink 978-1-85575444-7 Ashton, Paul Evocations of Absence 978- 88267075-8 Kessler, David The [...]
From Patient to Patience
It was Annick von Sametzkí’s final wish that the book she had spent three years writing during her battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma be published to give other cancer patients hope, guidance and straightforward advice from her own experience. Her dream became a reality when her friends raised funds and had the book, “From Patient to [...]
CR Magazine special Cancer Prevention issue
http://www.crmagazine.org/Pages/default.aspx April is Cancer Control Month In honor of National Cancer Control Month, we’ve made CR’s special Cancer Prevention issue freely available. Learn what you can do to lower your risk of developing cancer or having a recurrence. A Note From CR This month is National Cancer Control Month. Not all cancers are preventable but [...]
Recommended Literature to Read
Helpful for Men and Couples dealing with supporting partners with cancer Carol Levine; January 2004. Always on call: when illness turns families into caregivers.2nd Edition. Vanderbilt university press Hester Hill Schnipper, Lowell E Schnipper. September 2006 : After Breast cancer. Bantam Books A Common sense guide to life after cancer treatment. Robert Ross and Pamela [...]
Book: Why I Wore Lipstick to my mastectomy
http://www.whyiworelipstick.com/v2/home.html A soulful, surprising coming of age journey by a dynamo who used her own adversity as a platform for examining issues all young women face. Having finished journalism school and landed her dream job at age 27, the last thing Geralyn Lucas expects to hear is a breast cancer diagnosis. She decides to go [...]
CR MAGAZINE for international cancer advocates
http://www.crmagazine.org/Pages/default.aspx CR launched a digital edition of the magazine—a ‘read on your computer’ version of the magazine that looks just like the print edition but is delivered to subscribers via e-mail. A sample issue is available for you to enjoy here: http://www.crmagazine-digital.org/crmagazine/sample/ As a special offer to international advocates, 1-year subscriptions to the digital edition [...]
Book: Hearing the Stream – a Breast Cancer Survivor’s Journey
Hearing the Stream A Survivor’s Journey into the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer By Diane Lane Chambers, Breast Cancer Survivor Crafts Inspiring Chronicle CONIFER, COLORADO—Each year, according to the American Cancer Society, approximately 275,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with breast cancer. The lifetime risk for a woman of developing [...]
Listen With Your Heart – ACS Booklet
Listen With Your Heart: Talking With the Person Who Has Cancer When someone close to you who has cancer starts to talk about the disease, do you change the subject? Do you stand in silence, worried that you’ll say the wrong thing? If so, you share these feelings with many others. When talking with someone [...]
Book: Breast Cancer Husband
Breast Cancer Husband by Marc Silver “The book that breast cancer patients and their families have been waiting for. Here’s a practical guide for the too many husbancs who will need it” Cokie Roberts, news analyst and breast cancer survivor When Marc Silver’s wife was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago, he was far [...]
Book: Your Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook
Your Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook – by Judy C. Kneece Your Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook has been called the most effective and empowering breast cancer book both by patients and healthcare professionals. This valuable book is designed for the newly diagnosed breast cancer patient. It provides the patient with current, easy-to-understand explanations of procedures and [...]
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