Author: Richard C. Frank
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300190611
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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DIVA leading oncologist demystifies cancer with accurate, accessible, and honest information/div

Author: Richard C. Frank
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788181930484
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Cancer has long been a disease regarded by many with trepidation and fear, rarely understood or explained outside medical circles. Here Richard Frank debunks the myths surrounding cancer, offering clear, concise information on all aspects of the disease, empowering patients, spouses, family members, friends and healthcare providers through knowledge and hope. Actual patient case histories are used in the first part of the book to explain the behaviour of cancer in the body, how different cancers are staged, how oncologists estimate curability, and the current thinking about the causes of the disease as well as the best means to prevent it. The second part of the book covers the reasons oncologists recommend a particular sequence of surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiation, and uniquely explores the ways in which the major forms of cancer-fighting drugs work to shut down cancer growth, including the use of visualization by the patient. Starting from the premise that no two cancers are exactly alike, Frank shows how patients can use mind body interactions to combat and confront their disease. Finally, a chapter is dedicated to coping strategies recommended by those who have survived cancer, and a wealth of information is provided in the appendix on medicines, resource materials for patient advocacy, patient and family support, clinical trials, genetic testing and nutrition. This clearly written, practical guide presents a unique and comprehensive insight into cancer in all its aspects. Invaluable to patients and practitioners alike, it uses knowledge, empathy and hope to lessen the fear of the disease for millions of cancer patients around the world.

Author: C. Michael Armstrong
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421438380
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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This practical, compassionate, and inspiring book helps people with cancer navigate the often complex and difficult journey from diagnosis through treatment and life after disease. It illuminates the challenges associated with a cancer diagnosis and provides inspiration and guidance to help you not only to find the right doctors and care plan but also to cultivate hope and purpose. In Cancer with Hope, former CEO Mike Armstrong chronicles his experience with leukemia, prostate cancer, near-fatal sepsis, and a crippling autoimmune disease. Mike shares how his often difficult journey from humble beginnings to leading some of the world's top corporations taught him the importance of hope and purpose, tools that proved invaluable throughout his cancer journey. More than the tale of one man's experience with cancer, this important book includes expert advice and vetted resources to help patients best manage their disease, as well as compelling stories from a wide range of cancer patients who have faced seemingly insurmountable odds yet managed to maintain hope and find meaningful purpose.

Author: Kevin Conners
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 538

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3rd Edition - Twice the content as the original! An eye-opening exposé on modern vs. alternative cancer treatments. Dr. Kevin Conners of Conners Clinic approaches sickness from an integrative perspective, blending holistic and modern practices, to help people's bodies move towards health and healing, especially as it relates to cancer. Cancer is a very scary word; but it doesn't have to be. Conventional approaches are aimed at de-bulking a growing cancer, never addressing what drives it. Why do I have cancer? Is there a cause that needs to be addressed? This book will help answer these questions and give hope for those dealing with a cancer diagnosis, beyond standard medical approaches, using holistic, natural, alternative cancer practices. Dr. Kevin Conners does not treat cancer; he treats the cause. Focusing on what creates dis-ease in your body will allow you to empower your immune system to do what it was designed to do: kill! Cancer cells, bacteria, viruses, all these are constantly battling your immune system. Through proper detoxification you are able remove dangerous toxins from your body. However, if you have genetic defects on select detox pathways you have these biotoxins/chemotoxins/etc. creating a homestead in your cells. This is the beginning of sickness and disease. In this expanded edition you will get information on many non-toxic nutraceuticals (herbs, vitamins, supplements) such as Medicinal Mushrooms, Enzyme Therapy, Gerson Therapy and Coffee Enemas, Bloodroot products, Cannabis (CBD, THC), Turmeric and Curcumin, Essiac Tea, Laetrile, IP-6, Hoxsey, Protocel, Budwig Diet, Fenbendazole, and tons more!

Author: Jeffery Weaver
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998284101
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 342

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In his book, A Recipe for Hope: How We Fought Cancer With Family, Friends, Faith, and Food, Jeffery Weaver shares how he and his wife, Susan, achieved miraculous results for her terminal case of cancer through diet and lifestyle changes. Over fifty cancer-fighting recipes utilized by the Weavers are included.

Author: John Roberts
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450080855
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 285

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Cancer: 100 Ways to Fight Your own attitude is your brightest guiding star. Some of success is doing what you like to do. But, more of it is doing the things you don’t like to do, but must. It is too easy to make an excuse, and not do it, and fail. –John Roberts As this book goes to press early in 2010, I am 75 and into my fifth year with incurable metastatic prostate cancer, which had already spread to the bones before cancer was diagnosed and the prostate removed. The statistical prognosis for the current treatments of choice is that one-half of these patients will die within three years, 75% within five. This usually happens after the standard treatments and chemotherapy fail and must be discontinued due to harmful side effects or weakening effectiveness, resumed cancer growth, and the failure of bones or key organs. I am still feeling fine, no pain, living a normal life, and I have completed eight months of chemotherapy with a 63% drop in my PSA (prostate cancer blood test) without major side affects or rising PSA. I have fought this cancer and its personal consequences in more than a hundred ways as described here. Above all, a lifetime of fitness, and my current excellent physical and mental condition, supplemented by great medical care and everything else I can learn or think of, is partially responsible for my success in living beyond the average life span for my particular fatal disease. We cannot know which weapon or how much each one contributes to the extension of life, so we must use them all. The doctors all say that cancer survival is very unpredictable, and I figured that many of the positive outcomes must depend on how comprehensively and how hard the individual fights. So, I immediately started this book and organized my fight. I was extremely unfortunate: most prostate cancer either is so slow growing, or eliminated by removal, that survivors live for many years. In my case, it had already spread, or metastasized, to the bones prior to the operation, and that cancer is inoperable and incurable. But, some people in that condition die very early, while others, like me, live much longer. This is highly unpredictable in individual cases due to variation in patient condition, treatment effectiveness, and other unknowns. More than half of all people newly diagnosed with cancer will be cured or given extended remission. They will die of something else. Of the other half, a large number have treatable cancer and they still have many years to live. The remainder, probably including me, have learned that they have incurable cancer that has grown too strong or spread and taken root in such places that it cannot be killed or removed and death is likely in the next few months or years. Nevertheless, normally incurable cancer and conventional predictability sometimes fail, and others may prolong life by fighting with strong mental and physical effort. As the disease progresses and is treated, and science advances, sometimes in great leaps, we are rarely sure of which group we are in. That uncertainty, that hope, and the dreadful power of cancer, call for great strength of character and effort in both patients and those around them. This book is about that. The animal instinct to survive is, in humans alone, expanded in our unique cortex to something much greater––the intelligent understanding of self-awareness and an intense desire to prolong the experience, growth, and emotion of life. The human spirit, beyond the mere motivation of existence, is largely responsible for all that our species has conquered and achieved. It is an essential quality to be trained, treasured, and put to use, and one of the finest ways is to survive, continue, and improve our exceptional life through our collective and individual intellect. In the last century, medical science, the visibility of living in distant years, and the recognition that we are, and can be, responsible for increasing our own longevity have ad

Author: Justus Hope
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998055404
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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This is a book for physicians and the lay public to notify all about the benefits of repurposed drugs. These drugs can be used for life-saving purposes when no other effective treatments exist. Drug combinations aimed at Terminal Cancer and the Coronavirus Pandemic are both addressed.

Author: Naila Abdulla Ph. D.
Publisher: Follow It Thru
ISBN: 9781989848241
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 106

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Fight Cancer is a true narrative of how morbid cancer has dominated my life in a pervasive manner from changing my vocabulary to almost daily treatment visits. Every cancer narrative hums of inspiring tales of being courageous with anecdotal capture of pain, suffering, endurance, courage, hope and fight because that is a true depiction of a cancer patient's life. How can any story be different? Fear of cancer is linked to mortality and a wake-up call for being on borrowed time. The outstanding group of focused and disciplined stakeholders come equipped with kindness, compassion, programs, services, new treatments and therapies, but they cannot make it go away. My family history has been at war against an aggressive cancer and I have lost several cousins, aunts, uncles including my mother 50 years ago and sister 25 years ago after a fight with this demonic disease...... I ask, are we any further ahead to 50 years ago? I hope this short read will create an awareness and resonate with you. I am a private person publicly sharing my journey in the hope that I can inspire your fight. Medical insights are a task beyond my competence but this personal narrative details various processes, what I learnt, what you should know, how to cope and manage your situation, programs and services available and suggestions to strengthen your spirit.

Author: Matt Anniss
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 1482413310
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50

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Cancer is a global killer. It involves a large group of potentially deadly diseases, as many as 200, that cause an estimated 13 percent of all deaths worldwide. Besides causes and preventions, this thorough look at the disease also includes information about genetic screening and treatments. It answers questions such as what chemotherapy does and what alternatives are available for cancer treatments. Significant breakthroughs including gene therapy and immunotherapy have given us hope for the future of a cancer cure. This absorbing volume addresses many concerns about a topic often in the news that personally touches many lives.

Author: Katrece Nolen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735225005
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 170

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In I've Been Diagnosed, Now What? Courageously Fighting Cancer in the Face of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt Ms. Nolen, a seven-year survivor of Stage 3 Inflammatory Breast Cancer, shares her journey from uninformed patient to self-advocate. After coming to grips with the diagnosis, she made a conscious decision to get the best treatment available and to bring together the best support team possible. She used a variety of methods, including internet research, word of mouth, and joining support groups to learn how to build a strong medical team and surround herself with a support structure of her family, friends, and social media communities. Now having passed the critical five-year survival mark, Ms. Nolen is sharing her strategies with other survivors who may be feeling isolated and uncertain. With inspiring stories from other survivors, resource lists for every stage of the process, and survivor secrets she learned along the way, readers will be able to build their own community of support and not just survive, but thrive!