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If the battle is over, why am I still in uniform : humor as a survival tactic to combat cancer

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Elsagher, Brenda. , 2003.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 E48 2003

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Elsagher, Brenda

Publication Date: 2003

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology - popular works; Neoplasms - personal narratives - popular works; Wit and Humor - popular works

ISBN: 1931945063

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ201 E48 2003

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I'm alive and the doctor's dead : surviving cancer with your sense of humor and your sexuality intact

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Buchanan, Sue. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House , 1994.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 B918 1998

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Formerly titled "Love, laughter, and a high disregard for statistics"

Author: Buchanan, Sue

Place of Publication: Grand Rapids, MI

Publisher: Zondervan Publishing House

Publication Date: 1994

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Wit and Humor; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Abstract: Formerly titled "Love, laughter, and a high disregard for statistics"

ISBN: 0310224551 (pbk.); 9780310224556

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 B918 1998

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Survivor : taking control of your fight against cancer

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Landro, Laura. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster , 1998.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WH250 L262 1998

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Landro, Laura

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 1998

Subjects: Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic - biography; Neoplasms - psychology - personal narratives - popular works

ISBN: 0684856786

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WH250 L262 1998

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In-between days : a memoir about living with cancer

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Harrison, Teva. [Toronto, ON]: House of Anansi Press Inc. , 2016.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 H322 2016

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Author: Harrison, Teva

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: House of Anansi Press Inc.

Publication Date: 2016

Physical Description: 163 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Personal Narratives; Biography; Graphic Novels; Cartoons; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781487001087

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 H322 2016

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Our cancer year

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Brabner, Joyce, Pekar, Harvey, Stack, Frank. New York, NY: Four Walls Eight Windows , 1994.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 B795 1994

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Comic book memoir of author's experience.

Author: Brabner, Joyce; Pekar, Harvey; Stack, Frank

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows

Publication Date: 1994

Subjects: Neoplasms - popular works; Personal Narratives; Biography; Cartoons

Abstract: Comic book memoir of author's experience.

ISBN: 1568580118

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 B795 1994

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Cancer - I won! : a personal journal of grief, survival and triumph

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Ettenberg, Zosia. [Victoria, BC?]: Trafford Publishing , 2008.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 E85c 2008

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Ettenberg, Zosia

Place of Publication: [Victoria, BC?]

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: viii, 65 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Adaptation, Psychological; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Survival; Grief; Life Change Events; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781425174484; 1425174485

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 E85c 2008

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Over my head : a doctor's own story of head injury from the inside looking out

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Osborn, Claudia L. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel Publishing , 1998.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WL354 O83 1998

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Osborn, Claudia L

Place of Publication: Kansas City, MO

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Publication Date: 1998

Physical Description: xii, 239 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Brain Injuries - rehabilitation; Personal Narratives; Biography

ISBN: 0836254198

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WL354 O83 1998

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Love Kristen : one young woman's courageous battle against cancer

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Forbes, Kirk A. New York, NY: iUniverse, Inc. , 2009.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 F693 2009

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Forbes, Kirk A

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: xvi, 209 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; Biography; Poetry

ISBN: 9781440113840

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ201 F693 2009

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All of us warriors : cancer stories of survival and loss

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Munn, Rebecca Whitehead. Berkeley, CA: She Writes Press , 2020.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 M965a 2020

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Author: Munn, Rebecca Whitehead

Place of Publication: Berkeley, CA

Publisher: She Writes Press

Publication Date: 2020

Subjects: Cancer Survivors - psychology; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781631527951

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 M965a 2020

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Cancer made me a shallower person : a memoir in comics

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Engelberg, Miriam. New York, NY: Harper , 2006.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 E58c 2006

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

A cartoonist examines her experience with breast cancer in an irreverent and humourous graphic memoir

Author: Engelberg, Miriam

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Harper

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: xiii, 126 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms; Neoplasms; Cartoons; Wit and Humor; Social Support; Personal Narratives; Pictorial Works; Biography

Abstract: A cartoonist examines her experience with breast cancer in an irreverent and humourous graphic memoir

ISBN: 9780060789732; 0060789735

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 E58c 2006

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Fine black lines : reflections on facing cancer, fear, and loneliness

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Hjelmstad, Lois Tschetter. Denver, CO: Mulberry Hill Press , 1998.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 H677 1998

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Hjelmstad, Lois Tschetter

Place of Publication: Denver, CO

Publisher: Mulberry Hill Press

Publication Date: 1998

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - personal narratives - popular works; Breast Neoplasms - psychology - personal narratives - popular works; Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic

ISBN: 0963713957

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 H677 1998

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Cancer schmancer

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Drescher, Fran. New York, NY: Warner Books, Inc. , 2002.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 D773 2002

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Author: Drescher, Fran

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Warner Books, Inc.

Publication Date: 2002

Physical Description: xv, 236 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms; Uterine Neoplasms; Biography; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780446530194; 0446530190

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 D773 2002

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Mom's marijuana : life, love and beating the odds

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Shapiro, Dan. New York, NY: Vintage Books , 2000.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WH500 S529 2000

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Shapiro, Dan

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Vintage Books

Publication Date: 2000

Subjects: Hodgkin Disease - personal narratives - popular works; Neoplasms - biography - popular works; Cannabis - therapeutic use

ISBN: 0375708014

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WH500 S529 2000

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Cancer vixen : a true story

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Marchetto, Marisa Acocella. New York ; Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf , 2006. 1st ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 M317 2006

Availability: 9 copies, 9 available

Comic book memoir of author's experience with breast cancer.

Author: Marchetto, Marisa Acocella

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York ; Toronto

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: 211 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms; Neoplasms; Graphic Novels; Cartoons; Personal Narratives; Biography; Wit and Humor; Popular Work

Abstract: Comic book memoir of author's experience with breast cancer.

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022 (F0002623)

ISBN: 9780676978247 (Toronto); 0307263576 (alk. paper); 067697824X (Toronto)

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Surrey Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 M317 2006

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