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A Significant Journey: Breast Cancer Survivors and the Men Who Love Them
Author: The American Cancer Society Format: VHS Color Time: 20 minutes This is an excellent short videotape that deals with the relationships between couples after a diagnosis of breast cancer. The participants range in age from 24-72...
A Warrior's Way: Insights for Cancer patients, Cancer Survivors and Those Who Love Them
Author: John R. Cope Publisher:Hearts That Care PublishingISBN: 0967828422 OncoLink Rating: Amazon.com Disclosure The old adage "You can't judge a book by its cover" will never be used more appropriately than when choosing to...
Advanced Breast Cancer: A Guide for Living with Metastatic Disease
Author: Musa Mayer Publisher: O'Reilly Price: $19.95 USA, $29.95 CAN ISBN: 1-56592-522-x OncoLink Rating:   According to Musa Mayer, there are two groups of breast cancer patients: those with primary cancer of...
After the Cure
Authors: Emily K. Abel & Saskia K. Subramanian ...
Assess Your True Risk of Breast Cancer
Author: Patricia T. Kelly, PhD Publisher: Owl Books ISBN: 0805064680 OncoLink Rating:   In the United States, a woman's lifetime risk of developing breast cancer is 10% by the age of 70 years. More than 180,000 new...
Be a Survivor: Your Guide to Breast Cancer Treatment
Author: Vladimir Lange, MD Publisher: Lange Productions, 1998 Price: $24.95 US ISBN: 0-9663610-0-8 OncoLink Rating:   The author of this book, Dr. Vladimir Lange and his wife, also a physician, were overwhelmed at...
Be a Survivor: Your Guide to Breast Cancer Treatment (3rd & 4th Editions)
Author: Vladimir Lange, MD Publisher: Lange Productions, 2005 (3rd ed) & 2007 (4th ed) Information: ISBN 0-9663610-0-6-3 | $24.95 US, 180 pages OncoLink Rating: Dr. Vladamir...
Beyond Miracles: Living With Cancer
Author: Stephen P. Hersh, MD Publisher: Contemporary Books Price: $15.95 (US), 21.95 (CAN) ISBN: 0-8092-3124-7 OncoLink Rating:   Beyond Miracles is a book that inspires cancer patients to take charge of their lives and...
Bosom Buddies: Lessons and Laughter on Breast Health and Cancer
Authors: Rosie O'Donnell and Deborah Axelrod, MD, FACS, with Tracy Chutorian Semler Publisher: Warner Books, Inc., New York, 1999 ISBN: 0-446-67620-9 OncoLink Rating:   Rosie O'Donnell's mother died of breast cancer...
Breast Cancer Journey
  Produced by: Barbara Jabaily & Cathlin Donnell Executive Producer: Lyda Hersloff, Journey Productions 1998 To order: 1-800-876-7676 Running Time: 90 minutes OncoLink Rating: The path to knowledge can be a winding one....
Breast Cancer: The Complete Guide
Authors: Yashar Hirshaut, MD, FACP and Peter I. Pressman, MD FACS Publisher: Bantam Books Price: $14.95 (US) $19.95 (CAN) ISBN: 0-553-37203-3 OncoLink Rating:   Breast Cancer: The Complete Guide is an excellent...
Choices in Breast Cancer Treatment
Authors: Kenneth D. Miller, MD, editor ISBN: 9780801886850 Information: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008 | $18.95 US paperback OncoLink Rating: Call me “Coach.” Breast Cancer Coach, to be...
Coping with Breast Cancer
Author: Dr. Eadie Heyderman Publisher: Price: £ 6.99 UK ISBN: 0-85969-729-0   If you are looking for basic facts and medical information on breast cancer written in a clear and precise way, this book is for you. ...
Dear Talula. A Film by Lori Benson
It appeared in my mailbox on a humid Saturday afternoon: a small DVD mailer with a Manhattan return address. Momentarily a total mystery until I ripped open the envelope and Dear Talula slid out and landed on my kitchen counter. Then I remembered:...
Diseases of the Breast - Second Edition
Authors: Jay R. Harris, Marc E. Lippman, Monica Morrow, C. Kent Osborne Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000 ISBN: 0-7817-1839-2 Format: Hardcover, 1152 pages OncoLink Rating:   Breast diseases, both...
Examining Myself : One Woman's Story of Breast Cancer Treatment and Recovery
Author:Musa Mayer Publisher: ISBN: OncoLink Rating:   "Examining Myself: One Woman's Story of Breast Cancer Treatment and Recovery" by Musa Mayer (Faber & Faber, 1994 Paper $10.95 ISBN 0-571-19845-7) Reviews: "The...
Five lessons I didn't learn from breast cancer (and One Big One I Did)
Author: Shelley Lewis ISBN: 9780451223906 ...
Healing Words: Poetry & Medicine
Does poetry heal? To answer that question, the filmmakers take us into the Shands Hospital at the University of Florida and invite us to experience their Arts in Medicine program. The film features intimate scenes and images that resonate...
Helping Your Mate Face Breast Cancer: Tips For Becoming An Effective Support Partner
Author: Judy C. Kneece, RN, OCN, Breast Health Specialist Publisher: Educare Publishing ISBN: 188665-11-7 OncoLink Rating:   This book was written based on the experiences of the author working with women diagnosed...
I Am Not My Breast Cancer: Women talk openly about love & sex, hair loss & weight gain, mothers & daughters, and being a woman with Breast Cancer
Author: Ruth Peltason ...
I Wish I Knew - Series
I Wish I Knew: Notes from a Breast Cancer Survivor I Wish I Knew How to Help: Notes from a Breast Cancer Survivor on How to Help I Wish I Knew Who I’ve Become: Notes from a Breast Cancer Survivor on Thriving after Treatment ...
Jonna's Body, Please Hold. A Cancerous Dark Comedy - A Film by Jonna Tamases
A Film By: Jonna Tamases Information: 46 minutes | 2007 | www.JonnasBodyMovie.com OncoLink Rating: ...
Journey Unknown
Author: Margaret Phalor Barnhart Published by: Journey Press, Troy, OH 1988 ISBN: 0-9625121-1-7   In 1987, at the age of 46, Margaret Phalor Barnhart was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent a modified radical mastectomy followed...
Living Beyond Breast Cancer: A Survivor's Guide for When Treatment Ends and the Rest of Your Life Begins
Authors: Marisa C. Weiss, MD, and Ellen Weiss Publisher: Times Books, Random House Price: $16.95 US ISBN: 0-8129-2689-7 OncoLink Rating:   Marisa Weiss, MD is a founder of the nonprofit organization Living Beyond...
Moving Beyond Breast Cancer (DVD/Video)
Author: National Cancer Institute ...
Not now... I'm Having a No Hair Day
Author: Christine Clifford with illustrations by Jack Lidstrom Publisher: Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishers Price: $9.95 (US) ISBN: 1-57025-120-7 OncoLink Rating: Amazon.com Disclosure Christine Clifford is a breast cancer...
OncoLink Patient Guide: Breast Cancer
Authors: James Metz MD, Editor-in-Chief, OncoLink, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Maggie Hampshire RN, Managing Editor, OncoLink, University of Pennsylvania,...
Pretty is What Changes
Authors: Jessica Queller ASBN: ...
Risk of Menopause During the First Year After Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Reviewers: John Han-Chih Chang, MD Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology 1999; Volume 17: pages 2365 - 2370 Background Breast cancer is being "caught" earlier and earlier due to better screening practices. Premenopausal women comprise 1/4th...
Survivors' Guide to Breast Cancer: A Couple's Story of Faith, Hope and Love
Authors: Robert C. Fore, Ed.D. and Rorie E. Fore, RN Publisher: Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc. Price: $17.00 (USA) ISBN: 1-57312-170-3 OncoLink Rating: Amazon.com Disclosure Survivors' Guide to Breast Cancer is an...
The Breast Cancer Companion
Author: Kathy LaTourPublisher: William Marrow & Co, Inc.Price: $22.00, $17 PaperbackISBN: 0380719967   Copyright © 1994, Meniscus Health Care CommunicationsReprinted with permission of the publisher This 506-page book combines the...
The Breast Cancer Handbook
Author: Joan Swirsky and Barbara Balaban Publisher: Power Publications ISBN: 1-888315-05-9 OncoLink Rating:   Joan Swirsky is a health and science writer for the New York Times. She has written over 200 articles...
The Breast Cancer Survivor's Club
Author: Lillie Shockney, RN, MAS Publisher: Windsorhouse Publishing Group ISBN: 1-8816-3622-4 Note:Title change from "Joining the Club" with second edition   This is a true story of a woman named Lillie Shockney, who has...
The Middle Place
Authors: Kelly Corrigan ASBN: ...
The Victoria's Secret Catalogue Never Stops Coming - and Other Lessons I Learned From Breast Cancer
Author: Jennie Nash Publisher: Plume Price: $11.00 (USA) ISBN: 0452283663 OncoLink Rating: Amazon.com Disclosure As an oncology nurse, I hesitated to read another breast cancer survivor's story. These stories are often filled...
The Year My Mother Was Bald
Author: Ann Speltz Publisher: Magination Press ISBN: 1-55798-888-9 OncoLink Rating: The Year My Mother Was Bald was written to emphasize the effect that a diagnosis of cancer can have on the patient's child. This is an important...
UPLIFT: Secrets From The Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors
Author: Barbara Delinsky Publisher: Pocket Books, 2001 ISBN: B00006B6B4 OncoLink Rating: Barbara Delinsky, known for her best selling fictional work, shares her personal battle, as well as that of many other men and women, through...
Woman to Woman : Breast Cancer and Reconstruction Options -- a Discussion for any Woman Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Producer: Bosom Buddies, Inc. 1998 Running Time: 41:30 minutes OncoLink Rating: One of the most common cancers in women is breast cancer with another woman diagnosed every 3 minutes. With screening and increased public...
Your Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook
Author: Judy C. Kneece, RN, OCN, Breast Cancer Specialist Publisher: Educare Publishing ISBN: 1-88665-10-9 OncoLink Rating: Amazon.com Disclosure The author is a certified oncology nurse with a specialty in breast cancer....
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