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Abrahm, Janet L. A
Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom
Management in Cancer Patients. Baltimore and London: Johnson
Hopkins UP, 2000.
Armstrong,
Lance and
Sally Jenkins. It's Not About
the Bike: My Journey Back
to Life. 2001 (testicular cancer)
Barthelme,
William. Lessons from the
Angel of Death. 2000 (esophagial cancer). http://www.eccafe.org/sto/wbartholome/lessons.html
Bearison,
David
J. They Never Want to Tell
You: Children Talk About Cancer. 1999 (Childhood
Cancers)
Cohen,
Richard M. Blindsided:
lifting a Life
Above Illness. A Reluctant Memoir. 2004 (Multiple
Sclerosis AND Colon Cancer)
Gaes,
Jason. My Book for Kids with
Cansur: A Child's Autobiography of Hope. 1987.
Glacel,
Barbara Pate. Hitting the
Wall: Memoir of a Cancer Journey. 2001 (breast cancer)
Gunther,
John. Death
Be Not Proud. Harper
Perennial 1965. (brain tumor)
Hall,
Doris and Ken. Go Out and Live: A
27-Year Journey
of Change. Doris and Ken Hall, 2003 (cancer)
Housden, Maria. Hannah's
Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived. 2002 (cancer)
Janes-Hodder,
Honna and
Nancy
Keene. Childhood
Cancer: A Parent’s Guide to Solid Tumor Cancers. 2002. (Childhood Solid
Tumor Cancers)
Johnston, Lorraine and Linda
Lamb, eds. Non-Hodgkin’s
Lymphomas: Making Sense of Diagnosis, Treatment, and Options. 1999 (Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas)
Kadohata, Cynthia. Kira-Kira. 2004. (novel
about a Japanese American girl who loses a sister to lymphoma)
Keene, Nancy. Childhood
Leukemia: A Guide for Famillies, Friends, and Caregivers. 3rd ed. 2002. (Childhood
Leukemia)
Keene, Nancy, Wendy Hobbie, Kathy
Ruccione, and Linda Lamb, eds.
Childhood
Cancer Survivors: A Practical Guide to Your Future. 2nd ed.
2002 (Childhood Cancers)
Korda, Michael. Man to Man: Surviving Prostate Cancer.
1996. (Prostate Cancer)
Livingston, Gordon. Only Spring: On Mourning the Death
of My Son. 1995. (one Suicide; one Leukemia)
Lorde, Audre. The
Cancer Journals. 1980 ( Breast Cancer) RC 280. B8
L58 1987
Lynn, Joanne and
Joan Harrold,
eds. Handbook for Mortals:
Guidance
for People Facing Serious Illness. NY: Oxford University
Press,
1999. R726.8 H353 1999
Martin, Carrie and Chia
Martin. The Rainbow Feelings
of Cancer: A Book for Children Who Have a Loved One with Cancer.
2001. (children's book)
Nielsen, Dr. Jerri with Maryanne
Vollers. Ice Bound: A
Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole. 2001. (Breast
Cancer) RC280 .B8 N54 2001
Propp, Karen. In Sickness &
In Health: A Love Story. 2002 (Husband with Prostate
Cancer)
Roberts, Barbara K. Death Without Denial; Grief Without
Apology: A Guide for Facing Death and Loss. 2002 (Oregon
governor; husband with prostate cancer and then lung cancer)
Roloff,
Tricia Ann. Navigating Through
a Strange Land: A Book for Brain Tumor Patients and Their Families.
Fairview. 1995.
Schmidt, Laura and Joe Pizzarello. A Good Death: A Couple's Journey.
2004 (Pancreatic Cancer)
Shames, Laurence and Peter
Barton. Not
Fade Away: A
Short Life Well Lived.
Rodale,
2003. (Stomach cancer)
Shiminski-Maher, Maria Sansalone
and Patsy McGuire Cullen. Childhood
Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors: A Guide for Families, Friends and
Caregivers.
2001. (Childhood Brain/Spinal Cord Tumors)
Van Dernoot, Peter. Helping
Your Children Cope with Your Cancer: A Guide for Parents and Families.
2002.
Williams, Ben. Surviving
"Terminal: Cancer: Clinical Trials, Drug Cocktails, and Other
Treatments Your Oncologist Won't Tell You About. 2002.
Woznick, Leigh A. and Carol D.
Goodheart. Living with
Childhood Cancer: A Practical Guide to Help Families Cope. 2001. (Childhood Cancer)