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A historical assessment of cancer addresses both the courageous battles against the complex disease and the misperceptions and hubris that have compromised modern understandings, providing coverage of such topics as ancient-world surgeries and the developments of present-day treatments.
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"From an award-winning storyteller comes a stunning debut novel following a New Mexican family's extraordinary year of love and sacrifice. It's Holy Week in the small town of Las Penas, New Mexico, and thirty-three-year-old unemployed Amadeo Padilla has been given the part of Jesus in the Good Friday procession. He is preparing feverishly for this role when his fifteen-year-old daughter Angel shows up pregnant on his doorstep and disrupts his plans....
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W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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An internationally acclaimed oncologist who led France's war against cancer draws on his 30 years of experience, along with cross-national studies with those of other top cancer experts, to provide a simple—and surprising—guide to the best foods to eat to help prevent cancer.
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New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Receiving a cancer diagnosis can be terrifying, and the first thing you'll probably want to know is: How am I going to survive this? Cancer care requires important decisions from numerous health care professionals, using treatments that can be highly effective when delivered properly, but also carry risks. So, how can you take charge of your health, choose the right medical team, and ensure top-notch care? Written by a radiation oncologist and...
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Annie Parker finds out she has breast cancer, a devastating blow to a woman who's already lost her mother and sister to the same disease. Mary-Claire King is a geneticist researching the still unknown link between DNA and cancer in the wake of skeptical colleagues and funding challenges.
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English
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Storied matchmaker and Nantucket resident Dabney Kimball has her own life and match turned upside down when her true love of twenty-seven years prior returns to the island.
"48-year-old Nantucketer Dabney Kimball Beech has always had a gift for matchmaking. Some call her ability mystical, while others - like her husband, celebrated economist John Boxmiller Beech, and her daughter, Agnes, who is clearly engaged to the wrong man - call it meddlesome,...
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Great Katie Kate volume 1
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Greenleaf
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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A book that follows a superhero figure (the Great Katie Kate) as she explains to a young girl what is happening when she is diagnosed with cancer.
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American Cancer Society/Health Promotions
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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This pocket-sized reference covers everything from the risk factors of melanoma skin cancer to the diagnosis procedure to living well after treatment. With greater public awareness, early detection of melanoma skin cancer is on the rise and mortality rates are declining; this medical guide emphasizes that all patients should be well-informed decision makers in planning their own treatment and is updated with the latest patient treatment guidelines....
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Sylvan Dell Publishing
Pub. Date
c2010
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IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A story of a young boy whose dog is diagnosed with cancer. The boy becomes a loving caretaker to his dog, who undergoes the same types of treatments as a human under similar circumstances. Includes "For Creative Minds" educational section.
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Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
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"MATAR DE HAMBRE AL CÁNCER, NUTRIR AL PACIENTE Cuando se habla del tratamiento del cáncer, Valter Longo, el experto mundial en la relación entre alimentación, longevidad y salud, cambia por completo el enfoque para complementar el tratamiento. Tras años de investigaciones y programas experimentales, el autor demuestra que la aplicación de protocolos controlados de ayuno es un aliado muy poderoso en la lucha contra varios tipos de tumores,...
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Familius LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Cooking Through Cancer: 50 Easy and Delicious Recipes for Treatment and Recovery is a cancer fighter and cancer caregiver's best friend for combating the symptoms caused by treatment and for enhancing the recovery process. Written by Richard Lombardi (The Cancer Fighting Chef and a cancer survivor himself) and packed with nutrient-rich recipes—some from Richard's own award-winning restaurant and conveniently organized by tabs for delicious food...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Despite the medical miracle that has bought her a few more years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, but when Augustus Waters suddenly appears at the Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be rewritten.
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly...
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"A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of living without certainty. Thirty-five-year-old Kate Bowler was a professor at the school of divinity at Duke, and had finally had a baby with her childhood sweetheart after years of trying, when she began to feel jabbing pains in her stomach. She lost thirty pounds, chugged antacid, and visited doctors for three months before she was finally diagnosed...
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English
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"While the amount of information regarding a breast cancer diagnosis is vaster than ever, online and off, what continues to be missing is the explanation behind the options. Most of the data online on medical sites is generic and often comes from the samesource. Then there are the patient sites as well as many social media outlets that provide peer to peer support and information. This is important for emotional support but still leaves out the full...
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Blossom street novels volume 4
Publisher
MIRA Books
Language
English
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When Susannah, the owner of a new flower store, and her employee, a young widow named Colette Blake, join the knitting class at A Good Yarn, they meet a group of unforgettable women who offer them life-changing advice, support, and friendship.
16) Time is a river
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Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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While recovering from breast cancer in a remote cabin in North Carolina, Mia Landan finds the journal of Kate Watkins, a 1920s fly fisher, and, inspired by Kate's example, learns to fish and uncovers many secrets around her.
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Sociedad Americana Contra El Cáncer
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
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"Ganador del premio Best Book Awards 2016 al mejor libro en los generos Salud: Salud de la Mujer y Salud: Cancer - Un recurso sobre cancer de seno de los expertos de la Sociedad Americana Contra el Cancer para quienes recientemente han recibido un diagnostico con esta enfermedad. Presentado en un formato sencillo de entender con base en preguntas y respuestas, este libro brinda una guia para pacientes sobre las decisiones que necesitaran tomar, desde...
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William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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Author Bruce Feiler was a young father when he was diagnosed with cancer. He instantly worried what his daughters' lives would be like without him. "Would they wonder who I was? Would they yearn for my approval, my love, my voice?" Three days later he came up with a stirring idea: he would reach out to six men from all the passages in his life, and ask them to be present in the passages in his daughters' lives. And he would call this group "The Council...
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Ediciones Urano
Pub. Date
2013.
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Español
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"Odile es una mujer de 34 años, médico de familia y madre de un niño que en las charlas observa inquieto cómo su madre habla a un montón de gente. Odile fue diagnosticada de cáncer de ovario con metástasis en 2010. Tras el shock que supuso la noticia de su diagnóstico comenzó a buscar toda la información referente a la relación cáncer-alimentación. Su formación en medicina supuso una gran ayuda para tal empresa. Descubrió que existe...
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