Books

20+ results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Cancer is a bitch Cancer is a bitch Gail Konop Baker "I want to be brave. I want to be big. I want to be gracious and cool. I want to be the Audrey Hepburn of cancer..." Gail Konop Baker was a runner, yoga practitioner, and lifelong subscriber to Preve… OL11914255W
Diagnostic problems in breast pathology Diagnostic problems in breast pathology Frederick C. Koerner This new text examines common as well as more difficult diagnostic problems encountered in today's field of breast pathology. The first part of each major section consists of a presentation of genera… OL13604524W
The church of solitude The church of solitude Grazia Deledda "The Church of Solitude tells the story of Maria Concezione, a young Sardinian seamstress living with breast cancer at the cusp of the twentieth century. Overwhelmed by the shame of her diagnosis, sh… OL1437982W
The C-Word The C-Word Lisa Lynch Just your average 28-year-old. Friends, family, Facebook, cancer...Carrie Bradshaw fell in Dior, I fell in Debenhams. It was May 2008, and it was spectacular. Uncomfortable heels + slippy floor + hea… OL15172808W
Where the river ends Where the river ends Martin, Charles He was a fishing guide and artist from Georgia. She was the beautiful only child of a powerfull senator. When they meet by accident, they each feel they have found theyre true soul mate. Ten years in… OL15411977W
Bathsheba's breast Bathsheba's breast James Stuart Olson In 1967, an Italian surgeon touring Amsterdam's Rijks museum stopped in front of Rembrandt's Bathsheba at the Well, on loan from the Louvre, and noticed an asymmetry to Bathsheba's left breast it see… OL15834739W
Understanding lumpectomy Understanding lumpectomy Rosalind Dolores Benedet Provides information on how breast cancer is diagnosed and staged, when a lumpectomy is the best option of treatment, how a lumpectomy is performed, how radiation therapy works, and how to cope emoti… OL16061910W
Rocking the pink Rocking the pink Laura Roppé "In 2009, just as Laura Roppe; was poised to burst onto the music scene, her doctor called her with news that left her spinning-she had been diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form of breast canc… OL16126185W
A Monster Calls A Monster Calls Patrick Ness,Jim Kay,Siobhan Dowd A brilliant, graphic novel written by young but promising Patrick Ness. This is the story about 13 year old Conor and his mother who is dying of cancer. Conor has to face the cruelty of real life and… OL16341254W
Undressing the moon Undressing the moon Greenwood, T. "As a child, Piper Kincaid always felt her mother was on the edge of leaving. And then the summer Piper turns fourteen, it really happens. Devastated by this loss, and the rejection she feels from he… OL16420813W
Breasts Breasts Florence Williams Did you know that breast milk contains substances similar to cannabis? Or that it’s sold on the Internet for 262 times the price of oil? Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiec… OL16568873W
Breast cancer sourcebook Breast cancer sourcebook Amy L. Sutton "Provides basic consumer health information on risk factors, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of various types of breast cancer, along with facts about coping during and after treatment… OL16618433W
Handbook of metastatic breast cancer Handbook of metastatic breast cancer Charles Swanton,Stephen R. D. Johnston "There used to be limited therapeutic options for women who developed metastatic breast cancer. However, recent development with novel systemic drugs and palliative surgical techniques, together with… OL16972122W
Mom goes to war Mom goes to war Irene Aparici Martin Prince James and Prince Simon learn about breast cancer when their mother the Queen fights her own battle against cancer. OL17896887W
Stop breast cancer before it starts Stop breast cancer before it starts Samuel S. Epstein "With pink buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken, "I'm here for the boobs" t-shirts and coffee cups, and a pink ribbon celebrity dunk tank on The Ellen Degeneres Show, a Mardi Gras culture has arisen aro… OL19969012W
Prevent, survive, thrive Prevent, survive, thrive John G. West "Are your breasts healthy? If this question gives you pause, you're not alone. Confusing media and conflicting advice surrounding breast health can make it challenging to know what's best. In the Uni… OL20042798W
Le cancer du sein Le cancer du sein Carol Fabian L'ouvrage accorde une large place au diagnostic et aux méthodes thérapeutiques. Quelques pages sont consacrées au rétablissement affectif qui doit accompagner la guérison physique du cancer. [SDM]. OL21194551W
Cancer is a funny thing Cancer is a funny thing Marie De Haan Marie de Haan--wife, mother of three, piano teacher, songwriter, and writer--was leading an impossibly busy life. All of that changed when she was blindsided by a diagnosis of Stage III breast cancer… OL24172765W
A long and winding road A long and winding road Nancy J. Robinson "Nancy Robinson was 49 years old, married, and the mother of eight- and 10-year-old sons when she found a lump in her breast. There was no history of breast cancer in her predominantly female family … OL24283289W
Diagnostic breast imaging Diagnostic breast imaging Sylvia H. Heywang-Köbrunner,I. Scheer,David D. Dershaw,Sylvia H. Heywang-Kobrunner "Encompassing the entire spectrum of breast imaging and diagnostics, this acclaimed text provides a systematic and pragmatic guide for all clinicians involved in diagnosing breast disease. The new th… OL2444112W
Next page