"This new edition addresses current developments in cancer research and offers more tips on how people living with cancer can fight it and how healthy people can prevent it. The new edition includes: the latest research on anticancer foods, including new alternatives to sugar and cautions about some that are now on the market; new information about how vitamin D strengthens the immune system; warnings about common food contaminants that have recently...

When a mother loses her hair during chemotheraphy, a son gives her constant support as he helps her choose a wig.

"Featuring 102 new dishes, this second edition provides practical suggestions to help patients and their caregivers anticipate--and overcome--the major challenges of eating well during treatment. What to Eat During Cancer Treatment offers evidence-based research and clinical information about the seven most common eating-related side effects of cancer treatment--nausea, diarrhea, constipation, trouble swallowing, sore mouth, unintentional weight loss,...

An Insider's Guide to Understanding & Receiving the Best Treatment, Receiving a cancer diagnosis can be terrifying, and the first thing you'll probably want to know is: How am I going to survive this? Cancer care requires important decisions from numerous health care professionals, using treatments that can be highly effective when delivered properly, but also carry risks. So, how can you take charge of your health, choose the right medical team,...

A cookbook for cancer patients with more than 100 specially formulated recipes for their specific nutritional and appetite needs, featuring a step-by-step guide to nutritionally preparing for chemotherapy and radiation, and using powerhouse ingredients to create a cancer-fighting culinary toolkit --Provided by publisher.

"We've all heard the statistic: 1 in 8 women will get a breast cancer diagnosis at some point in her lifetime. But there's another just-as-relevant number that isn't as widely broadcast: 76 percent of those women will be alive 10 years later. This guide from America's most trusted health magazine helps women navigate treatment, medical costs, and lifestyle changes and emerge with their physical and mental health intact. Organized to take readers from...

The inspiring story of a son and his dying mother, who form a "book club" that brings them together as her life comes to a close.

"Author Dr. Jason Fung returns with a biography of cancer in which he offers a radical new paradigm for understanding cancer and issues a call to action for reducing risk moving forward"--

"A wry, witty account of what it is like to face death--and be restored to life. After being diagnosed in her early 40s with metastatic melanoma--a "rapidly fatal" form of cancer--journalist and mother of two Mary Elizabeth Williams finds herself in a race against the clock. She takes a once-in-a-lifetime chance and joins a clinical trial for immunotherapy, a revolutionary drug regimen that trains the body to vanquish malignant cells. Astonishingly,...