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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.
Alley, R. W. &
Lewis, A. (2005). When someone you love has cancer: A guide to help kids cope. Abbey Press.
American Cancer
Society. (2007). Quick Facts
Lung Cancer: What You Need to Know—Now. McGraw-Hill.
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.
Geffen, J. (2006). The Journey through Cancer:
Healing and Transforming the Whole Person. Crown Publishing.
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)
Handler, E. (2008). It’s only temporary: The good news and the bad news of being
alive. Penguin. Memoir
on leukemia and life.
Henschke, C. I., Wernictk, S.
& McCarthy, P. (2003). Lung
Cancer: Myths, Facts, Choices--and
Hope. W. W. Norton.
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)
Shockney, L. D., &Tsangaris, T.N. (2007). Johns Hopkins Breast Cancer
Handbook for Health Care Professionals. Jones and
Bartlett.
Van Dernoot, Peter. (2002).
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)