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General Information
Treatment
Alternative
Medicine
Emotional Support
Patients
Caregivers
For Children/Speaking
with Children
Other Resources
Cookbooks
End of Life
Scientific Journals/Books
Audio
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General Information
 100
Questions and Answers about Pancreatic Cancer, by Eileen O'Reilly,
Joanne Frankel Kelvin - Consumer text provides families and patients
with information and direction in the understanding of their ability
to cope with pancreatic cancer. Question-and-answer format provides
a step-by-step discussion of the expectations in diagnosis, and
treatment. Commentaries present real-life understanding of what
the step mean for daily living.
 Beyond
Miracles : Living With Cancer : Inspirational and Practical Advice
for Patients and Their Families by Stephen P. Hersh M. D. -
Written by a psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of cancer,
this book helps bring back a sense of control with its up-to-date
information, insights into the changing health care system, and
specific advice. It includes information on how to manage stress
and pain, how to communicate with your doctor, what to eat, and
approaches to alternative treatments. The book also deals with such
life issues as sexuality, living with uncertainty, and spirituality
in a time of profound crisis.
 Living
Well With Cancer: A Nurse Tells You Everything You Need to Know
About Managing the Side Effects of Your Treatment by Katen Moore,
Libby Schmais. Offers cancer patients and their caregivers the information
and options they need to cope with and manage the side effects of
cancer and its treatment.
 The
Cancer Patient's Workbook: Everything You Need to Stay Organized
and Informed by Joanie Willis, Dorling Kindersley Publishing,
Diane Blume. A workbook for cancer patients of any type and with
any prognosis. Helps patients keep track of doctor appointments,
medications, items needed for overnight stays in the hospital, and
other details. Also offers tips, suggestions and facts about medications,
nutrition, emotional support, and legal issues, among other topics.
Color illustrations throughout. Softcover. ISBN: 0789467828
Treatment
 Making
the Chemotherapy Decision by David E. Drum, Michael B. Van Scoy-Mosher
(Introduction) More than 300,000 Americans are cured of cancer every
year, largely because of chemotherapy. Stressing the body/mind connection,
this newly updated third edition dispels myths and provide clear,
concise information on the latest anticancer drugs, new antinausea
medications, advances in medical technology, and nonmedical techniques
to ease stress and pain.
Alternative Medicine
 American
Cancer Society's Guide to Complementary and Alternative Cancer Methods
by American Cancer Society. Consumer text features a broad range
of topics, including herbs, vitamins, minerals, diet, manual healing,
and alternative treatment methods. Current trends, safety and regulatory
issues, insurance coverage, and ACS guidelines for using complementary
and alternative methods are also included.
 Choices
by Marion Morra, Eve Potts (Contributor) - Now completely revised
and updated, Choices is the leading consumer reference guide to
cancer diagnosis and treatment. Encyclopedic in its approach, the
book includes information on new procedures and diagnostic technologies,
the newest research, medications, therapies, and more.
 Healthy
Healing - A Guide To Self Healing For Everyone - Eleventh Edition
by Linda Page - When "Healthy Healing" was first written,
it was the only book of its kind. Now, bigger and better than ever,
"Healthy Healing" is used by people around the world including
practitioners, educators and health store staff. Why? Because it
is complete and easy to use! First, look up the illness in the handy
table of contents. This alphabetical listing of over 150 health
complaints directs readers to the encyclopedic reference section.
Emotional Support
Patients
 The
New Cancer Survivors : Living With Grace, Fighting With Spirit
by Natalie Davis Spingarn - Addresses the paramount issues for those
living with cancer, such as dealing with what cancer brings in both
medical and non-medical life, without becoming a burden. Useful
to survivors and caregivers.
It's
Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong,
Sally Jenkins The inspiring journey of world-class hero Lance Armstrong,
from the dark night of advanced cancer through his dramatic victory
in the 1999 Tour de France, and beyond. Filled with the nutritional,
physical, emotional, and spiritual details of his recovery, It's
Not About the Bike traces the wondrous journey of one of America's
greatest athletes to a singularly inspiring appreciation of life
lived to the fullest.
Caregivers
 When
Life Becomes Precious: A Guide for Loved Ones and Friends of Patients
by Elise Needell Babcock. Provides step-by-step information for
the caregivers of cancer patients, offering advice on being appropriately
supportive, handling special occasions, explaining cancer to children,
making worthwhile gestures, and balancing care for oneself.
For Children/Speaking with Children
 Our
Mom Has Cancer by Adrienne Ackermann, Abigail Ackermann
 Cancer
in the Family: Helping Children Cope with a Parent's Illness,
by Sue P. Heiney (Editor), Joan F. Hermann, Katherine V. Bruss,
Joy L. Fincannon - "This guide for families discusses ways
to help young or adolescent children deal with a parent's diagnosis
of cancer. Coverage includes children's emotional reactions to crisis,
answering difficult questions about the condition, understanding
and using psychosocial support services, talking about death, and
issues for non-traditional families. The volume includes a removable
workbook designed to help young children to express their feelings
through art." Book News, Inc.
 When
a Parent Has Cancer: A Guide to Caring for Your Children, with
Becky and the Worry Cup By Wendy Harpham. Featuring a companion
illustrated children's book, Becky and the Worry Cup, a practical,
sympathetic guide shows parents living with cancer how to help their
children understand and cope with their illness.
 Why,
Charlie Brown, Why: A Story About What Happens When a Friend Is
Very Ill- It's when friends need friends the most. A classmate's
serious illness becomes a lesson in life for the Peanuts kids.
Cookbooks
The
American Cancer Society's Healthy Eating Cookbook- by American
Cancer Society
 Month
of Meals: Quick & Easy Menus for People With Diabetes. Each
menu planner has 28 days worth of new menu choices; pages are split
into thirds and are interchangeable, there are 20,000 menu combinations
in each book. No matter which combination you choose, carb counts
and nutrients are correct for the entire day, automatically. You
can mix and match between all of the menu planners if you want,
millions of combinations are possible!
 Eating
Well Through Cancer: Easy Recipes & Recommendations During &
After Treatment by Holly Clegg, Gerald Miletello MD, Gerald
Miletello
End of Life
 Final
Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications
of the Dying. By Maggie Callanan, Patricia Kelley Shares the
intimate experiences of two hospice nurses with their terminally
ill patients, offering additional advice on how to respond to the
requests of the dying while helping them to prepare for death.
 Handbook
for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness
by Joanne Lynn (Editor)
Scientific Journals/Books
The Cancer
Letter: The Cancer Letter Inc. is publisher of The Cancer Letter
(weekly, 46 times a year) and The Clinical Cancer Letter (monthly,
12 times a year). These award-winning publications are read by thousands
of oncologists, scientists, pharmaceutical and biotech executives,
advocacy organizations, insurers and others concerned about cancer
research and funding.
CURE: Cancer Updates, Research & Education is a magazine
developed for individuals coping with cancer and blood disorders.
CURE provides scientific information in an easy-to-understand format.
It is published by physicians committed to providing quality care
to their patients. CURE is edited by Dr. Vinay Jain and has a distinguished
Editorial Board of over 50 physicians and leaders in the field of
social work and quality-of-life issues.
Pancreatic
Cancer by Douglas Evans. Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, TX. Provides state-of-the-art information on recent
developments in the epidemiology, biology, diagnosis, and multimodality
treatment of exocrine pancreatic cancer. For clinicians. Extensive
references. Illustrated. DNLM: Pancreatic Neoplasms--therapy.
Atlas
of Clinical Oncology: Pancreatic Cancer by John L. Cameron.
Drawn from the expertise of contributors from the best cancer centers
in the United States representing medical, surgical, radiation oncology,
and related disciplines, the book includes chapters on molecular
genetics, lymph node dissection, and palliation of pain. Includes
current discussions on the latest treatments, and screening and
diagnosis.
 Pancreatic
Cancer: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment by Howard A.
Reber (Editor). Univ. of California, Los Angeles. Discusses the
latest techniques for genetic screening for pancreatic cancer, the
value of tumor antigens, advances in diagnostic radiology, and the
roles of laparoscopic and palliative endoscopic stenting. For basic
scientists and clinicians. Halftone illustrations.
Pancreatic Cancer: Advances in Molecular Pathology, Diagnosis &
Clinical Management by Fazlul H. Sarkar, Michael C. Dugan
Despite the recent elucidation of several important oncogenes, tumor
suppressor genes, and cell cycle regulators in other malignancies,
such studies in pancreatic cancer have been limited, with few details
provided on their clinical significance. The Editors of this book,
concerned with this paucity of information and the difficulties
facing pancreas cancer researchers brought together a select group
of experts from each major clinical and science field related to
pancreatic cancer to review their research and clinical work, and
prepare chapters for this book based on their collective discussions
and experience. They present the most important findings and issues
in pancreatic cancer research and management today, covering major
areas of concern to pathologists, surgeons, oncologists and molecular
biologists.
Audio
 Healing
Light - A Sacred Lens Guided Imagery Journey
Jan Berlin Ph.D.
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