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The fourth and final novel about the trials and joys of the residents of Cedar Circle. Sylvia Bryan has been feeling weak and tired, but is shocked when her internist finds a malignant lump in her breast. She and her husband can't understand why God is allowing cancer to attack at a time when their missionary work is going so well. As Sylvia undergoes a mastectomy and chemotherapy, the rest of the neighbors pull together to support her, even while...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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"Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten"--Jacket.
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Dr. David Scadden knows this world well. He has experienced it as a young boy, as a son, and as a Harvard professor, founder of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and one of the world's leading experts on blood diseases and cancer. Now, in his stirring memoir, Cancerland, he chronicles a life spent trying to understand it too - from the classmate who left school and never came back, to how he learned to say "enough" when it came to caring for the ill,...
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"This fully revised sixth edition explains the biology behind the clinical options. Whether a reader is at risk and interested in prevention, diagnosed and trying to prevent recurrence, or living with metastatic cancer and seeking ways to survive longer and better, Dr. Love provides the most expert and reassuring support. This revision discusses the new genetic tests, controversies regarding screening, and what you need to know about dense breasts....
8) First love
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Runaways Axi, sixteen, and Robinson, seventeen, who met on a cancer ward, leave small-town Oregon on a cross-country trip to experience the best of life before it is too late.
9) Cancer
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Describes how cancer is diagnosed and treated and how different kinds of cancer affect the body differently and why some types are deadlier than others.
11) The prostate cancer owner's manual: what you need to know about diagnosis, treatment, and survival
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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The moment your family doctor tell you that, You might have prostate cancer, your first thought is Am I going to die? Then your life is immediately turned upside down. You must understand new world of strange words, tests, procedures and, worst of all, major changes to your body. The Prostate Cancer Owner's Manual details it all, and helps you, hopefully, get through this life-changing challenge that will take years to accomplish--
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of hereditary cancer for a general audience, with coverage of the genetic tests available for detecting risk for heritable cancers as well as options for medical and surgical treatment--
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