National Cancer Institute
If you are concerned about cancer, a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center (click on State by State Resources link) is the first step for tests and treatment. Your local doctor and hospital may become part of treatment later. If you need help with travel, money or arrangements, it is available (additional financial resources listed by state).
National Cancer Institute
American Cancer Society
American Brain Tumor Association
Clinical Trials & Noteworthy Treatments for Brain Tumors
OncoLink
Cancer Care NY 800-813-HOPE
US TOO International (Prostate Cancer/BPH) 800-808-7866
Association of Oncology Social Workers
Corporate Angel Network
Oncology Nursing Society BMT Special Interest Group
BMT Fundraising/Financial Assistance Organ Transplant Fund
Cancer Fund Of America
Cancer Care Inc
Anderson Network
American Bone Marrow Donor Registry
BMT Newsletter
National Marrow Donor Program
National BMT Link
BMT Family Support Network
Leukemia Society of America
National Leukemia Association
National Brain Tumor Foundation
International Myeloma Foundation
Aplastic Anemia Foundation Of America
Fanconi Anemia Research Fund INC
The HLA Registry Foundation
Gift Of Life Foundation 215-337-3949
Thalassemia Action Group 800-522-7222
American Institute for Cancer Research 800-843-8114
Cancer Information Line 800-865-1125
 | All Things Work for Good: A Book of Encouragement for People With Cancer, Their Family and Friends by Gavin Sinclair $9.95 24 hours Paperback (1997) The Positive Press. When Gavin was 24 years old, an X-ray showed a football-sized tumor in his chest. He was given four months to live. His wife was pregnant with their first child. Gavin had chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery to cure the cancer. These treatments led to many secondary problems including congestive heart failure, spinal surgery and a stroke. In the first section of the book, Gavin tells his story. In the second section, family and friends tell how the experience affected them. In the third section, Gavin outlines 14 lessons that can be helpful to others. Gavin writes humorously and shares very practical suggestions. |
| Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy List Price: $12.50 Our Price: $10.00 You Save: $2.50 (20%) 24 hours Paperback (1995) Harperperennial Library. At age nine Grealy developed Ewing's sarcoma. She endured almost three years of chemotherapy and nearly 30 operations to reconstruct her face. She suffered pain, fear, loneliness and the cruelty of other children. She emerged a beautiful, self-aware and alive woman with deep insight into the mysteries of suffering and life. |
| Beauty & Cancer: Looking and Feeling Your Best by Diane Doan Noyes List Price: $12.95 Our Price: $10.36 You Save: $2.59 (20%) Paperback (1992) Taylor. |
| Beyond Miracles: Living With Cancer: Inspirational and Practical Advice for Patients and Their Families by Stephen P. Hersh, MD List Price: $15.95 Our Price: $12.76 You Save: $3.19 (20%) 24 hours Paperback NTC/Contemporary Publishing. Written by a psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of cancer, this book helps bring back a sense of control with its up-to-date information, insights into the changing health care system, and specific advice. It includes information on how to manage stress and pain, how to communicate with your doctor, what to eat, alternatives, sexuality, living with uncertainty, and spirituality in a time of profound crisis. |
| Breast Cancer Survivors' Club : A Nurse's Experience by Lillie Shockney List Price: $10.95 Our Price: $8.76 You Save: $2.19 (20%) 24 hours Paperback Rev edition (1997) Windsor House. An RN who cares for cancer patients who herself had a lumpectomy and 2 mastectomies. There is also a very detailed resource chapter to help breast cancer patients and their families get easy access to information, resources, and psychological support. Full of warmth, hope and outrageous humor. |
| Cancer Doesn't Have to Hurt : How to Conquer the Pain Caused by Cancer and Cancer Treatment by Pamela J. Haylock, Carol P. Curtiss (Contributor) List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $11.96 You Save: $2.99 (20%) 24 hours Paperback (1997) Hunter House. By veteran nurses with 25 years worth of expertise in caring for people and families facing cancer, this clear book provides readers with guidelines for controlling various types of pain. Includes an evaluation and rating of medical insurance benefits as well as other sources for paying for pain treatment, discussion of pain-management alternatives such as acupressure/acupuncture, music therapy, imagery, and massage techniques and list of resources for cancer pain management. |
| Cancer Pain Management by Deborah B. McGuire, Connie Henke Yarbro, Betty Rolling Ferrell $49.95 1-2 weeks Hardcover Second Edition Jones & Bartlett. Selected by Brandon & Hill (Nursing Outlook, March-April, 1996) as one of best books for small nursing and medical libraries. For health professionals. |
| Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul : 101 Stories to Comfort Cancer Patients and Their Loved Ones (Chicken Soup for the Soul Series (Paper)) by Jack Canfield (Editor), Mark V. Hansen, Nancy Mitchell List Price: $12.95 Our Price: $10.36 You Save: $2.59 (20%) Paperback (1996) Health Communications. For years the inspirational Chicken Soup for the Soul books has been the gift of choice for the seriously ill and their family and friends. These empowering volumes not only help individuals confined to bed pass the time enjoyably, the positive messages they contain actually help patients' healing by improving their attitudes and putting smiles on their faces. In this special collection, you will read incredible stories from those who have reached beyond the pain of body and soul to survive cancer. It is a potent tonic for physical and spiritual healing. |
| Common Bonds : Reflections of a Cancer Doctor by E. Roy Berger, MD $24.95 2-3 days Hardcover (1995) Health Education Literary Publications. One of the only books written that deals with cancer and the doctor's emotional reaction to his patients and their families as well as his own fears that arise during the caring process. The roller coaster ride of the highs and lows that the doctor and his patients experience through exciting and trying doctor-patient interactions. Anyone dealing with cancer will better understand the therapeutic relationship and use it more positively. Touching and insightful. |
| Counseling People With Cancer (Counseling and Pastoral Theology) by Jann Aldredge Clanton List Price: $17.00 Our Price: $13.60 You Save: $3.40 (20%) 1-2 weeks Paperback (1998) Westminster John Knox. A theology of hope for people struggling with cancer. The images of God held by cancer patients and ways to connect their stories to renewing sacred stories. This book is full of practical insights to enable pastors and pastoral counselors to help persons cope with the diagnosis and experience of cancer. |
| Dear God, It's Cancer: A Medical and Spiritual Guide for Patients and Their Families by Gerald R. McDermott, William A. Fintel List Price: $12.99 Our Price: $10.39 You Save: $2.60 (20%) Paperback (1997) Word Books. Combines the hands-on experience of a medical doctor with the wisdom and compassion of a Christian theologian in addressing the most pressing issues and decisions cancer patients encounter. |
| Gilda's Disease : Sharing Personal Experiences and a Medical Perspective on Ovarian Cancer by M. Steven Piver, MD Gene Wilder (Contributor), Joanna Bull List Price: $13.00 Our Price: $10.40 You Save: $2.60 (20%) 24 hours Paperback (1998) Bantam Doubleday Dell. For the general reader, this is a comprehensive, compassionate book that gives the tragic death of comedienne Gilda Radner in 1989 a purpose: to save lives. A leading cancer surgeon discusses the causes of ovarian cancer, preventative measures, classic signs and symptoms, diagnostic tests, genetic screening, the different types of ovarian cancer, the four stages in the disease's progression, and the most effective treatments. Gene Wilder's intimate commentary, letters from Gilda's fans, and excerpts from her book It's Always Something bring a personal perspective to the expert medical advice. |
| Guide-Lines and God-Lines for Facing Cancer: Mind, Body, and Faith Connections by Marvyl Loree Patton List Price: $13.95 Our Price: $11.16 You Save: $2.79 (20%) 2-3 days Paperback (1994) Langmarc. Marvyl's inspiring story of how she and her family coped with cancer through character and faith. |
| Health Care Chaplaincy in Oncology by Laurel Arthur Burton, George Handzo (Editor) $39.95 Hardcover (1992) Haworth Press 4-6 weeks. Definitve and accessible resource for psychospiritual care in cancer. |
| Healing Lessons by Sidney J. Winawer List Price: $24.95 Our Price: $17.47 You Save: $7.48 (30%) 24 hours Hardcover (1998) Little Brown & Company. One of the world's preeminent cancer experts, a man who admits he entered medicine mainly for the power it provides, feels helpless and vulnerable when cancer strikes his own wife.The ultimate triumph of the book is Andrea's wonderfully willful spirit. |
| No More Bad Hair Days : A Woman's Journey Through Cancer, Chemotherapy and Coping by Susan Sturges Hyde List Price: $9.95 Our Price: $6.96 You Save: $2.99 (30%) 24 hours Hardcover (1997) Longstreet Press. A woman who has been there gives her humorous, hopeful and moving aphorisms that will provide laughter and relief to any woman dealing with cancer. |
| Promoting a Fighting Spirit : Psychotherapy for Cancer Patients, Survivors, and Their Families by Linda Seligman $32.95 24 hours Hardcover (1996) Jossey-Bass Publishers. Helps psychotherapists understand the connection between emotions and cancer and details techniques for working with cancer patients and families, offering practical suggestions for changing attitudes to promote emotional and physical health. Details the use of techniques including visualization, meditation, and hypnosis, as well as behavioral interventions such as stress management, biofeedback, and exercise. Includes a model for short-term psychotherapy, worksheets for patient use, recommended reading for therapists and clients, and useful groups and publications. |
| Psyco-oncology by Jimmie C. Holland (Editor), William Breitbart (Editor) $139.50 2-3 days Hardcover (1998) Oxford University Press. |
| Remarkable Recovery: What Extraordinary Healings Tell Us About Getting Well and Staying Well by Marc Ian Barasch, Caryle Hirshberg List Price: $12.00 Our Price: $9.60 You Save: $2.40 (20%) 24 hours Paperback (1996) Riverhead Books. The medical community maintained an uneasy silence on the subject pf spontaneous remission, and on those rare occasions when they did discuss these cases, they seemed strangely lacking in simple curiosity, much less scientific methodology. They asked no questions, or none of the right questions-about the lifestyles, attitudes, hobbies, intimate relationships, social support, and spiritual and religious beliefs and practices of the extraordinary men, women and children whose stories of miraculous healings they tell. What qualities are associated with healing? Intuition, determination, faith, even playing a musical instrument, may improve recovery. |
| The Road Back to Health : Coping With the Emotional Aspects of Cancer by Neil A. Fiore List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $11.96 You Save: $2.99 (20%) 2-3 days Paperback (1990) Celestial Arts. Fiore, a psychologist, was himself diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1974. As such, he has unique insight into the questions, fears, and issues confronting the cancer patient. (Only a former cancer patient, for example, would provide such a comprehensive chapter on preparing for and receiving the initial diagnosis.) Once the diagnosis is made, Fiore encourages cancer patients to take an active approach. In clear, reassuring, and jargon-free prose, he shows readers how to become informed about their illness, participate in therapy decisions, establish team relationships with doctors and therapists, practice positive imaging, share feelings and combat depression, helplessness, and stress. Appendixes include a list of cancer information and support groups, a bill of rights for patients, and a bibliography. |
| To Run the Race With Joy by Sandra R. Rice List Price: $14.75 Our Price: $11.80 You Save: $2.95 (20%) 2-3 days Paperback (1997) C S S Publishing Company. This is a book about living with breast cancer that addresses the spiritual needs of women and their families in the middle of the fight by a woman who has been there. |
� 1999 Chaplain L. A. Rynasko. All Rights Reserved.