Cancer Talk: Voices of Hope and Endurance from the Group Room, the World's Largest Cancer Support Group
ISBN: 9780767903257 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the first time, Cancer Talk provides a support group in a book.
Research shows that cancer patients who attend support groups can survive longer and lead fuller lives than patients receiving medical treatment alone. Cancer Talk, based on "The Group Room(R)," the nation's only talk-radio cancer support show, brings hope, information, and inspiration to everyone affected by cancer. Show host Selma Schimmel, a cancer advocate and longtime survivor, has gathered the voices of cancer patients and survivors, family and friends, physicians, therapists, and other healthcare professionals to... For the first time, Cancer Talk provides a support group in a book.
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77,41 zł |
Surviving Cancer: One Woman's Story and Her Inspiring Program for Anyone Facing a Cancer Diagnosis
ISBN: 9780767907156 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When cancer specialists at Boston s internationally renowned Dana-Farber Cancer Institute diagnosed Margie Levine with a deadly asbestos-related lung cancer, they predicted that she had only six months to live. Refusing to give up hope, she chose an approach that combined state-of-the-art medicine with her own holistic program. Eleven years later, her mind/body regimen has evolved into a prescription for survival, and she has dedicated her life to sharing it with others.
Surviving Cancer offers a practical, integrated way of self-healing, with advice on: Creating the best... When cancer specialists at Boston s internationally renowned Dana-Farber Cancer Institute diagnosed Margie Levine with a deadly asbestos-related lung ...
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73,33 zł |
The Complete Cancer Cleanse: A Proven Program to Detoxify and Renew Body, Mind, and Spirit
ISBN: 9780785288633 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cherie Calbom, -The Juice Lady, - therapist John Calbom, and Michael Mahaffey, a twenty-year cancer survivor, present a unique, multi-disciplinary approach to fighting cancer. Cherie Calbom, -The Juice Lady, - therapist John Calbom, and Michael Mahaffey, a twenty-year cancer survivor, present a unique, multi-disciplinary ... |
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77,36 zł |
Dancing in Limbo: Making Sense of Life After Cancer
ISBN: 9780787901035 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Life After Cancer
I immediately wanted to recommAnd this book to my patients. It] will serve as a roadmap to help cancer patients anticipate feelings and stages of the coping process. It will help demystify the complex and often baffling set of experiences on the uncertain path of cancer survivorship. --Elisabeth Targ, M.D., Geraldine Brush Cancer Research Institute, California Pacific Medical Center An intimate and inspiring account of the authors' real-life experiences of surviving cancer. The authors provide a straightforward account of what life is like... Life After Cancer
I immediately wanted to recommAnd this book to my patients. It] will serve as a roadmap to help cancer patients antici... |
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274,97 zł |
Breast Cancer: Daughters Tell Their Stories
ISBN: 9780789014511 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tells the stories of women whose mothers had breast cancer. It uses their own voices to express the common fears and expectations of daughters in the periods before and during their mother's illnesses, involving genetic risks, death and dying, and changes in their relationships.
Tells the stories of women whose mothers had breast cancer. It uses their own voices to express the common fears and expectations of daughters in the ...
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205,03 zł |
Breast Cancer: Daughters Tell Their Stories
ISBN: 9780789014528 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ""I will always and forever feel I have a 'hole' in my life where my mother once existed.""I think, when you have to think about the fact you might have to take care of your parents someday and juggle kids at the same time...It's a scary proposition.""We had open communication during and before the breast cancer. But then after the breast cancer, I was often afraid to bring things up, in trying to protect Mom.""This insightful book tells the stories of women whose mothers had breast cancer. It uses their own voices to express the common fears and expectations of daughters in the periods...
""I will always and forever feel I have a 'hole' in my life where my mother once existed.""I think, when you have to think about the fact you might ha...
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112,75 zł |
Causes of Cancer
ISBN: 9780791088197 / Angielski / Twarda / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Causes of Cancer delves into the many factors responsible for causing cancer. This book also highlights how avoiding exposure to particular carcinogens may prevent certain forms of cancer.
Causes of Cancer delves into the many factors responsible for causing cancer. This book also highlights how avoiding exposure to particular carcinogen...
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156,24 zł |
Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer
ISBN: 9780791088265 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer helps readers understand the nature of cancer and the different types of cancer by explaining the various methods used to detect and diagnose the disease.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer helps readers understand the nature of cancer and the different types of cancer by explaining the various methods us...
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156,24 zł |
Prevention of Cancer
ISBN: 9780791088272 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Prevention of Cancer presents the latest research on key factors believed to defend against the occurrence of cancer. Chapters focus on the major cancer risk factors, such as smoking, sun exposure, lifestyle and nutrition, genetics, and environmental contributors. This book also outlines steps readers can take to lower their risk for cancer, and special attention is given to what cancer survivors can do to decrease their chance of a relapse.
Prevention of Cancer presents the latest research on key factors believed to defend against the occurrence of cancer. Chapters focus on the major canc...
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188,62 zł |
Manmade Breast Cancers
ISBN: 9780801487071 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new understanding of humanity and feminism from the starting point of breast health is the ultimate goal of Zillah Eisenstein's political memoir of her family's experience with breast cancer. The well-known feminist author argues that politics always needs the personal, and that the personal is never enough on its own. Her return to the personal side of the political combines the two for a radicalized way of seeing, viewing, and knowing.
The author strives to bring together a critique of environmental damage and the health of women's bodies, gain perspective on the role race plays as a... A new understanding of humanity and feminism from the starting point of breast health is the ultimate goal of Zillah Eisenstein's political memoir of ...
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161,86 zł |
One in Three: A Son's Journey Into the History and Science of Cancer
ISBN: 9780802143488 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Wishart's personal, journalistic take on the history of cancer, he offers an encouraging story of science's progress in changing the outlook on cancer from a disease that one dies from to one that can be lived with.
In Wishart's personal, journalistic take on the history of cancer, he offers an encouraging story of science's progress in changing the outlook on can...
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73,33 zł |
Fighting Cancer from Within: How to Use the Power of Your Mind for Healing
ISBN: 9780805069167 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A breakthrough guide for cancer patients on using the mind to treat the body, from a pioneer in In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Martin L. Rossman-hailed as "one of the greatest healers of our generation" by Rachel Naomi Remen-shows cancer patients how to use imagery in specific ways that can help them in their fight against cancer. Imagery is a natural,... A breakthrough guide for cancer patients on using the mind to treat the body, from a pioneer in |
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93,66 zł |
Early Detection: Women, Cancer, and Awareness Campaigns in the Twentieth-Century United States
ISBN: 9780807856826 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dispelling the common notion that American women became activists in the fight against female cancer only after the 1970s, Kirsten E. Gardner traces women's cancer education campaigns back to the early twentieth century. Focusing on breast cancer, but using research on cervical, ovarian, and uterine cancers as well, Gardner's examination of films, publications, health fairs, and archival materials shows that women have promoted early cancer detection since the inception of the American Society for the Control of Cancer in 1913. While informing female audiences about cancer risks, these early...
Dispelling the common notion that American women became activists in the fight against female cancer only after the 1970s, Kirsten E. Gardner traces w...
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192,50 zł |
Her-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer
ISBN: 9780812991840 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two years after she underwent a mastectomy and chemotherapy, Barbara Bradfield's aggressive breast cancer had recurred and spread to her lungs. The outlook was grim. Then she took part in Genentech's clinical trials for a new drug. Five years later she remains cancer-free.
Her-2 is the biography of Herceptin, the drug that provoked dramatic responses in Barbara Bradfield and other women in the trials and that offers promise for hundreds of thousands of breast cancer patients. Unlike chemotherapy or radiation, Herceptin has no disabling side effects. It works by inactivating Her-2/neu--a... Two years after she underwent a mastectomy and chemotherapy, Barbara Bradfield's aggressive breast cancer had recurred and spread to her lungs. The ou...
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77,41 zł |
From This Moment on: A Guide for Those Recently Diagnosed with Cancer
ISBN: 9780812992243 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. So, it's official. You've been diagnosed with cancer. And from this moment on your life will never
be the same. No matter how much others may wish to help, you alone must initiate the journey. This is the first step. From This Moment On offers its hand to anyone dealing with cancer. Following a positive cancer diagnosis, you may feel overwhelmed and uncertain about the future. From This Moment On walks you through the stages of illness, treatment, and recovery. It shows you how to accept and move through your anxiety or pain; to gain a sense of control; to find people who can help;... So, it's official. You've been diagnosed with cancer. And from this moment on your life will never
be the same. No matter how much others may wish ... |
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93,70 zł |
Prostate Cancer PB
ISBN: 9780813366579 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Telling the stories of ten men from various backgrounds, locations and occupations, this is a study of living with prostate cancer. Each of the men was diagnosed at a different stage of the disease, and each has taken a different approach to his individual treatment. They, and some of their wives, describe what they experienced, from diagnosis to treatment and dealing with doctors, the physical and psychological side-effects of the disease, and the impact those side-effects have had on them and their wives.
Telling the stories of ten men from various backgrounds, locations and occupations, this is a study of living with prostate cancer. Each of the men wa...
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91,70 zł |
Beyond Slash, Burn, and Poison: Transforming Breast Cancer Stories into Action
ISBN: 9780813534718 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Depending on one's vantage point, breast cancer can be a very different experience, and indeed, a very different concern. It is, for some, a personal struggle; for others, it is a disease posing scientific and environmental challenges; and for others it is a highly charged and politicized issue around which policy wars rage. Beyond Slash, Burn, and Poison brings a unique perspective to breast cancer by recognizing the overlapping relationship of all these realities.Drawing on the writings of Rachel Carson, Betty Ford, Rose Kushner, and Audre Lorde, this book explores the various...
Depending on one's vantage point, breast cancer can be a very different experience, and indeed, a very different concern. It is, for some, a personal ...
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174,32 zł |
Living with Cancer: A Practical Guide
ISBN: 9780813538204 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this essential guide, Dave Visel draws on expertise hard-won during his wife's battle with lymphoma. He provides an overview of the varieties of cancer and all the basic types of treatments available. Chapters dispel common myths associated with these treatments and provide tips on nutrition and physical fitness. Visel also moves beyond the hospital to provide information and strategies to help with the emotional, practical, and financial effects of a diagnosis. Cancer patients will find the tools they need to make well-informed decisions on questions ranging from the right time to tell...
In this essential guide, Dave Visel draws on expertise hard-won during his wife's battle with lymphoma. He provides an overview of the varieties of ca...
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148,64 zł |
Women Confront Cancer: Twenty-One Leaders Making Medical History by Choosing Alternative and Complementary Therapies
ISBN: 9780814735862 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each year hundreds of thousands of women are diagnosed with cancer, and more and more frequently, women are turning to alternative treatments to take control of their illnesses and their lives. Information, however, has been scarce for women navigating through conventional and unconventional medicine. Research funding continues to support traditional cancer therapies. Women Confront Cancer declares the need for new, less toxic therapies and diagnostic procedures. For the first time, Women Confront Cancer unites the voices of women leaders who have breast, cervical,... Each year hundreds of thousands of women are diagnosed with cancer, and more and more frequently, women are turning to alternative treatments to ta... |
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410,17 zł |
Lessons from Joan: Living and Loving with Cancer, a Husband's Story
ISBN: 9780815608387 / Angielski / Miękka / 209 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A book that will benefit everyone, especially those negotiating life-threatening diagnoses; their caregivers, family members and friends; and health care providers and their students. In "Lessons from Joan", Eric R. Kingson tells how his late wife's strength, warmth, humor, and love - and those of many people they met along the way - helped extend life and make it worth living. It is about the fear, hope, and intensity of their lives during the thirty-two months that followed Joan's cancer diagnosis and how Joan and her husband and children maintained their family life during this time. It is...
A book that will benefit everyone, especially those negotiating life-threatening diagnoses; their caregivers, family members and friends; and health c...
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91,48 zł |