There are literally thousands of books about cancer out there, whether you want to read about cancer in general or a specific form of cancer; a text with lots of words in Latin or something a bit lighter. This list is evolving - right now it includes some of the classics and some of our favorites. Have you read a great book you want to add? Find a later edition of a book on our list? Let us know!
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Medical Books
After
Cancer: A Guide to Your New Life
by Wendy Schessel Harpham, MD, W.W. Norton & Co, 1994
Diagnosis
Cancer: Your Guide Through the First Few Months
by Wendy Schessel Harpham, MD, W.W. Norton & Co, 1997
Healing: A Guide to Recovery After Lumpectomy
by Rosalind Benedet, Benedet Publications (415.281.3380), 1996
Healing: A Guide to Recovery After Mastectomy
by Rosalind Benedet, Benedet Publications (415.281.3380), 1993
Cancer books reviewed by HYA members
A Life in Balance: Scott
Burton
Excerpt from "A Life in
Balance".
Cancer Combat: Dean and Jessica King
Not Now... I'm Having a No Hair Day: Christine Clifford, Pfeifer-Hamilton, 1996
Subtitled "Humor & Healing for People with Cancer", this book takes a look at the funny and touching things we encounter when dealing with cancer. Written by a breast cancer survivor and illustrated with cartoons, it is a small and light read that is sure to make you smile. My personal favorite cartoon: she's on her way to a costume party - "I'm going as a person with hair!"
Dancing With the Diagnosis, Steps for Taking the Lead When Facing Cancer, Michelle Waters, Rising Star Press, 2003.
Other selected cancer books
Choices
in Healing by Michael Lerner, MIT Press, 1994
Dr.
Susan Love's Breast Book
by Susan Love, MD, with Karen Lindsey, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition,
1995
Getting
Well Again by O. Carl Simonton, Stephanie Matthews-Simonton, Jim
Creighton, Bantam Books, 1992
Love,
Medicine and Miracles by Bernie Siegel, Harper Perennial, 1990
Peace,
Love and Healing by Bernie Siegel, Harper Perennial, 1990
From This Moment On, A Guide for Those Recently Diagnosed With Cancer, Arlene Cotter, Random House, 1999
Selected cancer related books
Healing and the Mind by Bill Moyers, Doubleday, 1993
Psychology and self-help books
Transitions by William Bridges, Addison-Wesley, 1994
Inspirational & humorous books
Kitchen
Table Wisdom by Rachel Naomi Remen, Riverhead Books, 1996
Living
Beyond Limits: New Hope and Help for Facing Life-Threatening Illness
by David Spiegel, MD, Times Books, 1993
Music
as Medicine by Deforia Lane, Zondervan Publishers, 1995
The
Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby:, Alfred
A. Knopf, 1997
After a rare stroke to the brainstem, Bauby awoke to a body that had
all but stopped working. Only his left eye functioned. Almost miraculously
he was soon able to express himself by blinking to select letters
in the alphabet, and composed this extraordinary book. It is wistful,
mischievous, angry and witty - a witness to his determination to live
as fully in his mind as he possibly could and a lasting testament
to the joy of life, human imagination and incredible courage.
The
Healing Power of Humor: Techniques for Getting Through Loss, Set-backs,
Upsets, Disappointments, Difficulties, Trials, Tribulations, and All
the Not-So-Funny Stuff
by Allen Klein and Jeremy Tarcher
Wherever
You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Hyperion, 1994
You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay, Hay House, 1984
You've Got to Keep Dancin'
