Author

Schilstra, Clarissa

Place of Publication

[San Bernadino, CA]

Publisher

Create Space Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date

2015

Physical Description

iv, 67 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Leukemia

Emotional Adjustment

Adolescent

Young Adult

Survivors

Personal Narratives

Guidebooks

Abstract

"A diagnosis of cancer is devastating at any age. For teenagers and young adults, it presents a unique challenge both socially and emotionally ... In the pages of this book, I share those stories and strategies, in an effort to provide a guide through the emotional roller coaster that is cancer treatment and life as a cancer survivor." - Author

ISBN

978514208083

1514208083

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ200 S334 2015

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Corporate Author

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Cancer View Canada

Publication Date

2010

Series

Truth of it 3

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Social Support

Adaptation, Psychological

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Young Adult

Family Relations

Survivors

Patients

Body Image

Popular Work

Personal Narratives

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ201 T875c 2010 v.3

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Alternate Title

Bearing witness : living with ovarian cancer

Editor

Carter, Kathryn

Elit, Laurie

Place of Publication

Waterloo, ON

Publisher

Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

vii, 91 p. ; 23 cm.

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Life writing series

ebrary books for public

Subjects

Ovarian Neoplasms

Social Support

Recurrence

Adaptation, Psychological

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9781554580552

9781554581634

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

WP322 B369 2009

Website Notes

Patients and the public of BC and the Yukon can access this title by emailing library@bccancer.bc.ca or calling 1.888.675.8001 x 7000 (toll-free) to obtain a username and password.

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Author

Tobimatsu, Kimiko

Geniza, Keet [ill.]

Place of Publication

Vancouver, BC

Publisher

Arsenal Pulp Press

Publication Date

2020

Physical Description

94 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms

Young Adult

Sexual and Gender Minorities

Graphic Novels

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

"A moving and honest graphic memoir about the unexpected cancer journey of a young, queer, mixed-race woman. At the age of twenty-five, Kimiko Tobimatsu was a young, queer, mixed-race woman with no history of health problems whose world was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with breast cancer" -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN

9781551528199

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WP870 T629k 2020

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Author

Riggs, Nina

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

310 p. ; 22 cm

Subjects

Terminally Ill - psychology

Attitude to Death

Life

Life Change Events

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

The Bright Hour is the memoir of Nina Rigg, following a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer. "With the lyricism of poetry and a voice that never trades on simple grief, 'The Bright Hour' celebrates living -- living well, living fully -- and the transcendent combination of light and darkness that makes us human." - Cover

ISBN

9781501169359

1501169351

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 R569 2017

Website Notes

This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Author

Soo, Sylvia

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Rethink Breast Cancer

Publication Date

2014

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Body Image

Adaptation, Psychological

Young Adult

Diaries

Personal Narratives

Notes

Surrey CIC keep 2022 PFC

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

WP870 C215s 2014

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Author

Patchell-Evans, David

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

ECW Press

Publication Date

2012

Physical Description

xv, 229 p. : ill. ;21 cm

Subjects

Physical Fitness

Exercise

Healthy Lifestyle

Healthy Aging

Weight Loss

Diet

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9781550226171

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QT256 P294 2012

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Author

Brams, Robert S.

Coons, Christopher A.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

xii, 170 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm

Subjects

Brain Neoplasms

Life Change Events

Adaptation, Psychological

Optimism

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9781510766167

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WL358 B815 2021

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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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Author

Pesmen, Curtis

Place of Publication

Morristown, NJ

Boulder, CO

Publisher

Tatra Press, LLC

BoCo Media, LLC

Publication Date

2005

Physical Description

219 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Colonic Neoplasms

Colorectal Neoplasms

Survivors

Complementary Therapies

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Notes

Surrey CIC keep 2022 (F0001002)

ISBN

0966184777

9780966184778

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WI520 P474c 2005

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Author

Carr, Kris

Crow, Sheryl

Place of Publication

Guilford, CT

Publisher

Skirt!

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

203 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms

Female

Women's Health

Women

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Survivors - psychology

Mental Healing

Spiritual Healing

Mind-Body and Relaxation Techniques

Young Adult

Diet

Popular Work

Personal Narratives

ISBN

9781599212319

1599212315

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 C311 2007

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Author

Quinn, Tallu Schuyler

Edition

1st ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Convergent

Publication Date

2022

Physical Description

xiii, 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subjects

Attitude to Death

Brain Neoplasms

Life Change Events

Spirituality

Clergy

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Notes

"Many of the essays in this work originally appeared in slightly different form on Tallu Schuyler Quinn's blog in 2020 and 2021"-- WorldCat

ISBN

9780593442906

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 Q7w 2022

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Author

Armstrong, Mike

Vohr, Eric A.

Place of Publication

Baltimore, MD

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

x, 150 pages : map ; 22 cm

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Hope

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

"Author Armstrong was the former chairman of the board of trustees of Johns Hopkins Medicine, former chairman of several large corporations, and a survivor of two types of cancer. This work is a memoir that stresses the therapeutic value of hope. The author's personal story is supplemented with interview data that round out the perspectives on surviving cancer. The book ends with listed resources for further information." -- Provided by publisher

ISBN

9781421440187

1421440180

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 A735c 2021

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Author

Lance Armstrong Foundation

Corporate Author

Lance Armstrong Foundation

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Broadway Books

Publication Date

2005

Physical Description

xi, 235 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Survivors - psychology

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9780767921381

0767921380

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 L246 2005

Copies

Corporate Author

Lance Armstrong Foundation

Edition

1st large print ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Random House Large Print

Publication Date

2005

Physical Description

xvi, 442 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Survivors - psychology

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9780375728501

0375728503

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 L246 2005

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Author

Shapiro, Marla

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

HarperCollins

Publication Date

2006

Physical Description

347 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms

Patients - psychology

Physicians - psychology

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9780002008143

9780002243841 (pbk.)

0002008149

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WP870 S529L 2006

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Author

Brown, Theresa

Place of Publication

Chapel Hill, NC

Publisher

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

Publication Date

2022

Physical Description

258 p. ; 22 cm

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms

Nurses

Patients - psychology

Patient Satisfaction

Quality of Health Care

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9781643750699

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WP870 B877h 2022

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Author

Foster, Clarissa

Place of Publication

London, UK

Publisher

Hammersmith Health Books

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

xviii, 325 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms - genetics

Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome

Genes, BRCA1

Genes, BRCA2

Neoplasms - etiology

Neoplasms - psychology

Genetic Counseling

Genetic Testing

Genetic Carrier Screening

Risk Factors

Risk Reduction Behavior

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Notes

Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN

9781781611203

1781611203

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WP870 F754 2017

Website Notes

This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Author

Brantley-Sieders, Dana

Place of Publication

Lanham, MD

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Publication Date

2022

Physical Description

xi, 279 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

"Provides accessible science and health information for the love of your boobs, especially when they have cancer. Dana Brantley-Seiders spent twenty years working as a biomedical breast cancer researcher. Then, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She thought she knew breast cancer before it whacked her upside her left boob and left her bleeding on the curb of uncertainty. Turns out, she had a lot to learn. This book shares Brantley-Seiders' personal journey with breast cancer, from the laboratory bench to her own bedside, and provides accessible information about breast cancer biology for non-scientists. Talking to My Tatas: All You Need to Know from a Breast Cancer Researcher and Survivor, offers accurate, evidence-based science that is accessible to all readers, including the more than three hundred thousand individuals diagnosed with breast cancer every year, their caregivers, and their loved ones. Knowledge is power, and lack of it can lead to overtreatment, unnecessary pain and suffering, and even death. By demystifying the process from mammograms, biopsies, pathology, and diagnostics, to surgical options, tumor genomic testing, and new treatment options, Brantley-Seiders aims to arm breast cancer patients with the tools they need to battle this disease with a healthy dose of humor, grace, and hope"-- Provided by publisher

ISBN

9781538155103

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WP870 B821t 2021

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Alternate Title

Ten days in April

Author

Deckert, Eleanor

Place of Publication

[Victoria, BC?]

Publisher

Friesen Press

Publication Date

2018

Physical Description

xi, 185 p. : ill. ;22 cm

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms

Spirituality

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Notes

A memoir by Eleanor Deckert Book 5 - Cover

ISBN

9781525536427

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WP870 D295 2018

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