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"Whether you're a newly diagnosed ovarian cancer patient, a survivor, or a friend or relative of either, this book offers help. Completely revised and updated... [this book] gives authoritative, practical answers to questions about treatment options." -- Page [4] cover.
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
2nd edition.
Language
English
Description
Covers detailed information on diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer, including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation treatment. Information on genetic testing, nutrition, pain control, and dealing with loss are covered also. Personal testimonials are included as well.
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English
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"For lovers of Meg Wolitzer, Maria Semple, and Jenny Offill comes this raucous, poignant celebration of life, love, and friendship at its imperfect and radiant best. Edith and Ashley have been best friends for over forty-two years. They've shared the mundane and the momentous together: trick or treating and binge drinking; Gilligan's Island reruns and REM concerts; hickeys and heartbreak; surprise Scottish wakes; marriages, infertility, and children....
7) Positive results: making the best decisions when you're at high risk for breast or ovarian cancer
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
This unique and important guidebook is a single, comprehensive source of information and advice to help women (and some men) at high risk for breast and for ovarian cancer because of family history and genetic profile. One part memoir, three parts "how to" manual, Positive Results explains in a clear and steady manner the myths and realities of "the breast cancer genes." It lays out all the options in easy-to-follow, compassionate language. It will...
9) Last wish
Author
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
At a time when tempers flare over the Oregon assisted suicide law and Jack Kevorkian's physician-aid-in-dying, “Last Wish”, Betty Rollin's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, is due for a rereading. “Last Wish” is an intimate, fiercely honest memoir of a daughter's struggle to come to terms with her terminally ill mother's decision to die. More than an examination of the ethical, spiritual, and technical aspects of assisted suicide,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"After surviving a difficult heartbreak and battle with cancer, Julia Baird began to explore how she and others persevere through the most challenging circumstances life throws at us. She asks: when our world goes dark, when we are overwhelmed by illness or heartbreak, loss or pain, tragedy outside our control, how do we survive, stay alive and even bloom? She went in search of "the magic that will sustain us and fuel the light within - our own phosphorescence...
11) Ovarian cancer
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Provides information about diseases and disorders, focusing on controversies and first-person accounts. This volume covers symptoms, causes and effects, treatments, cures and medical advances for ovarian cancer.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Benedict B. Benigno offers a compassionate, easy-to-understand in-depth look into standard and out-of-the box ovarian cancer treatments and a thorough examination of the basic science research that will eventually cause a revolution in the way all cancers will be treated. His own patient experiences are interwoven with the stories of survivors who beat the odds"--P. [4] of cover.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Revised.
Language
English
Description
A detailed booklet that describes causes, symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatments, stages of ovarian cancer, with information on getting help and coping. This booklet is also for family and friends that are looking for further understanding ovarian cancer. You will learn in this booklet: the ovarians cancer cells, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, staging, treatment, second opinion, nutrition follow-up care, sources of support, taking part in cancer...
20) PCOS for dummies
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Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"[A] practical, plain-English guide to living with and manging polycystic ovary syndrome [PCOS], a condition that affects 10 percent of women. You'll get the facts on treatment options, including traditional medical treatments and alternative therapies"--P. [4] of cover.
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