Books on Cancer

Discover key foods that can help to prevent cancer, with advice from oncology experts based on leading research One-third of all cancers are linked to poor diet. Minimise your risk of developing the disease with Foods to Fight Cancer, the anticancer guide that will dispel the myths and give you the facts about your food. Discover how you can help to prevent cancer with every meal by incorporating foods like garlic, cabbage, and tomatoes into your diet, and learn which herbs and spices can lower help to lower cancer risk. See the benefits behind each cancer-fighting food and the properties that make these essential to your diet. Bringing together more than a decade's worth of oncological research, using recommendations from the World Cancer Research Fund, Foods to Fight Cancer is a vital read for anyone looking to improve their health, improve their diet, and fight cancer. Previous edition ISBN 9781405319157

If you have cancer, eating well is one of the most important contributions you can make towards your own treatment. This book helps put the flavour back into food when eating may seem like a chore, with meals that will nourish and comfort you. It suggests practical ways to maintain your weight and nutrient intake while battling treatment side effects such as nausea, fatigue, lack of appetite, taste changes, and dry or sore mouth. Other topics include: surgery - preparation and recovery other methods of eating, including nutritional supplement drinks and enteral feeding food safety and avoiding infection questions about red meat, dairy products, 'superfoods' and supplements healthy eating and cancer prevention the latest research, including polyphenols

WINNER OF THE BEST HEALTH BOOK CATEGORY IN THE GUILD OF HEALTH WRITERS HEALTH WRITING AWARDS 2012 HIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE POPULAR MEDICINE CATEGORY AT THE BMA MEDICAL BOOK AWARDS 2012 Coping with life after cancer can be tough. The idea that the end of successful treatment brings relief and peace just isn't true for countless survivors. Many feel unexpectedly alone, worried and adrift. You're supposed to be getting your life 'back on track' but your life has changed. You have changed. With reassurance and understanding, Dr Frances Goodhart and Lucy Atkins help readers deal with the emotional fallout of cancer whether it's days, months or years since the treatment ended. Drawing on Dr Goodhart's extensive experience working in the NHS with cancer survivors, this guide is packed with practical and simple self-help tools to tackle issues such as worry and anxiety, depression and low mood, anger, low self-esteem and body image, relationships and sex, fatigue, sleep and relaxation. If you are a cancer survivor, this book will support you every step of the way. If you are supporting a loved one, friend, colleague or your patient, this is a vital read.

Helping someone with cancer is easier than you think .

"The frustrating, life-altering, sheer bloody pain-in-the-arse inconvenience of getting breast cancer at 28' laid bare. What do you do when you discover you have advanced breast cancer in your twenties? Well, after throwing more than a few (justified) tantrums, dissolving over the prospect of losing your hair and saying goodbye to your left boob, you might just blog about it. Well, you certainly do if you've a gob as big as Lisa's. The last thing Lisa had expected to cross off her 'things to do before your 30 list' was beating breast cancer, but that's what she's stuck doing. So while she had to park her life, blogging about dealing with the crap of cancer became an outlet that helped her to cope and keep friends and family updated. Lisa's raw emotion and dark humour combined to make for very compelling reading. And now, in this brilliant, brave and insightful book, Lisa tells her whole story as it really was. Whatever you face in life, whatever the curveball you've been dealt, reading this will make you laugh, cry and feel hopeful again."

This book combines current information on orthodox treatment with a holistic understanding of complementary therapies. Ordered alphabetically for ease of use, chapters cover a vast array of therapies, treatments, interventions, and recommendations for staying strong and fighting the disease. Anyone who has recently received the shock of their first diagnosis of cancer and is trying to come to terms with the bewildering array of new words, frightening choices, and unknown subjects will benefit from Anni's friendly and sensible wisdom, as will those who are looking at new treatments, new trials, and further opportunities to combat the disease.

More than one in four people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer at some time during their lives, and most of them will need chemotherapy. This makes chemotherapy one of the most widely used forms of treatment today. For many, 'chemotherapy' is a frightening, almost taboo word - but today's sophisticated drugs are resulting in ever improving cure rates, as well as better quality of life during the treatment itself. Coping with Chemotherapy explains what the treatment is, how the drugs work, and different ways in which they can be given. It also explains how to tackle side effects such as sickness, tiredness and hair loss. This new edition also looks at the growth in importance of hormonal treatments, and of targeted therapies, drugs which attack specific abnormalities on cancer cells. The advice on money matters has also been updated and expanded.

'Until now, there has been little authoritative and practical information about this issue. So it is a great relief to welcome The Royal Marsden Cancer Cookbook.' Sarah Stacey, You Magazine 'The Royal Marsden Cancer Cookbook is an attractive and accomplished project that combines artistic flair and scientific material, and aims to provide helpful advice and recipes for those undergoing cancer treatment.' Jules Morgan, The Lancet Oncology The book is divided into three: a detailed section by Dr Clare Shaw on diet and cancer and the problems you may face during treatment (such as loss of appetite, nausea, sore mouth, change of taste); recipes to cook during treatment, which are nutritionally beneficial and wholesome enough to keep you strong even if you can't eat too much; and a section of recipes for after treatment aimed at keeping you healthy. These recipes are designed to serve smaller portions and two people as well as families, and there are lots of tips about budgeting, leftovers and freezing. Dr Shaw wants to emphasise that you don't have to cook 'special', separate meals for one, the rest of the family can eat in the same way, saving on time and stress as well as encouraging a healthier diet for all.

'This is an excellent book and I would recommend it to any woman with breast cancer.' Christine Fogg, Breast Cancer Care.The Breast Cancer Book is the book Val Sampson looked for in vain when she was first diagnosed with breast cancer. Based on her own experience, that of other breast cancer patients and also on interviews with experts in this field, it looks at the conventional medical treatments of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, as well as at the part which can be played by complementary treatments such as reflexology, meditation and spiritual healing. It also sets out to give emotional help and support in coping with the fear and sense of loneliness that often comes with a diagnosis of cancer, and there are sections on how to get support from people around you, how to look good and feel better, and twenty things to try if you are feeling low. Above all, it shows women that it is possible to lead a happy and fulfilling life after a diagnosis of breast cancer, and that the power to achieve this lies within the individual. This book is the most well-balanced, supportive and honest book on breast cancer available today.