Author

Viszmeg, Joseph

Krepakevich, Jerry

Corporate Author

National Film Board of Canada

Place of Publication

Montreal, QC

Publisher

National Film Board of Canada

Publication Date

1998

Physical Description

45 minutes

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ200 V832m 1998

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Author

McKay, Ami

Place of Publication

Toronto, ON

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf Canada

Publication Date

2019

Physical Description

xvii, 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Subjects

Neoplasms - genetics

Genetic Predisposition to Disease

Lynch Syndrome II

Genetic Testing

Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9780345809469

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ210 M478 2019

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Author

Abel, Emily K

Subramanian, Saskia Karen

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

New York University Press

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

xi, 183 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms - therapy

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Breast Neoplasms - complications

Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects

Survivors

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9780814707258

0814707254

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WP870 A139 2008

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Alternate Title

Crazy sexy cancer

Author

Carr, Kris

Fassett, Brian

Nathanson, Beth

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Gaiam

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

90 minutes

Subjects

Neoplasms

Female

Women's Health

Women

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Survivors - psychology

Mental Healing

Spiritual Healing

Mind-Body and Relaxation Techniques

Complementary Therapies

Diet

Popular Work

Personal Narratives

Abstract

25 minute healing yoga routine and guided relaxation with instructor Rodney Yee

Ways to find your om

Get juiced - in the kitchen with Kris

Simple detox methods

Deleted scenes and extended interviews

ISBN

9780766235564

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 C311c 2007

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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

Parker, Annie

Place of Publication

Brampton, ON

Publisher

Annie Parker Books

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

248 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms

Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome

Genes, BRCA1

Personal Narratives

Autobiography

Abstract

This book follows Annie Parker and her cancer journey, loss of family members and being one of the first women in Canada to be tested for the BRCA1 gene mutation, confirming her beliefs that her cancer were hereditary.

Notes

Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN

9780993830501

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

Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WP870 P238 2014

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Author

Bowler, Kate

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Random House

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

xvi, 224 p. ; 23 cm

Subjects

Courage

Attitude to Death

Terminally Ill - psychology

Colorectal Neoplasms - psychology

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

Kate Bowler believed that life was a series of unlimited choices, only to find that she was stuck in a cancerous body at age 35 ... With dry wit and unflinching honesty, she grapples with her cancer diagnosis, her ambition, and her faith and searches for some kind of peace with her limitations in a culture that says that anything is possible.In facing down cancer, Kate, -- a Christian Joan Didion -- (Glennon Doyle), searches for hope without cheap optimism, and truth with room for mystery. We are as fragile as the day we were born, and we will need each other if we're going to tell the truth: Life is beautiful and terrible, full of hope and despair and everything in between, but there's no cure for being human. -- Author's website

Notes

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

ISBN

9780593230770

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 B787 2021

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Author

Didion, Joan

Edition

1st ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

A.A. Knopf

Publication Date

2005

Physical Description

227 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects

Loss - psychology

Grief - psychology

Grief

Attitude to Death

Family Health

Family Relations

Life Change Events

Widowhood - psychology

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

140004314X

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF575 D556 2005

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Author

Matlow, Rachel

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Viking

Publication Date

2020

Physical Description

310 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms

Parent-Child Relations

Family Relations

Humor

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

"When her mother is diagnosed with cancer, Rachel Matlow is concerned but hopeful. It's Stage 1, so her mom will get surgery and everything will go back to normal. But growing up in Rachel's family, there was no normal... Dead Mom Walking is the hilarious and heartfelt story of what happens when two people who've always written their own script go head to head with each other, and with life's least forgiving plot device." - Provided by publisher

ISBN

9780735236301

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ201 M433 2020

Website Notes

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

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Author

Ross, Theodora

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Avery

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

xv, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - genetics

Genetic Predisposition to Disease

Genes, BRCA1

Genetic Counseling

Genetic Testing

Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9781101982839

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

QZ210 R826 2016

Website Notes

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

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Alternate Title

New beginnings : the triumphs of one hundred and twenty cancer survivors

Author

Aron, Bill

Kavanagh, Bill

Carrier, Susan

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing

Publication Date

2015

Physical Description

xv, 255 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Subjects

Cancer Survivors

Survivorship

Neoplasms - psychology

Adaptation, Psychological

Portraits

Photographs

Personal Narratives

Pictorial Works

Popular Work

ISBN

1632206641

9781632206640

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ201 A769 2015

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Author

Hunter, Kristina

Kenneth, ML

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Second Story Press

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

1 volume unpaged, : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms - surgery

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Body Image - psychology

Mastectomy

Mastectomy - rehabilitation

Beauty

Photographs

Pictorial Works

Popular Work

Personal Narratives

ISBN

9781772600056

1772600059

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WP870 H945 2016

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Author

Shefrin, Sima Elizabeth

Place of Publication

London, UK

Publisher

Singing Dragon

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Prostatic Neoplasms - complications

Prostatic Neoplasms - psychology

Sexual Partners

Sexual Behavior

Adaptation, Psychological

Personal Narratives

Cartoons

Graphic Novels

Pictorial Works

Popular Work

Humor

Abstract

Includes content by Bob Bossin and surgeon Dr. Peter Black, Vancouver Prostate Centre.

ISBN

9781848192898

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WJ762 S542 2016

Website Notes

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

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Author

Thernstrom, Melanie

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Picador

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

xiv, 418 p. ; 21 cm

Subjects

Pain - etiology

Pain - psychology

Pain - therapy

Chronic Disease - psychology

Chronic Disease - therapy

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9780312573072

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WL704 T411p 2010

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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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Author

Miller, Tani

Place of Publication

Atlanta, GA

Publisher

American Cancer Society/Health Promotions

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

1 v. : ill ; 19 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - complications

Beauty

Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects

Breast Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Scarves

Hair

Alopecia

Personal Narratives

Pictorial Works

Popular Work

ISBN

9781604430097

1604430095

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ200 M651 2009

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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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Alternate Title

Breast cancer : landscape of an illness

Author

Williams, Penelope

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

BPS Books

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

xxiii, 274 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms

Breast Neoplasms - therapy

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Notes

Branch copies may vary by title, publisher. First published as "Breast cancer : landscape of an illness" in 2004 by Penguin Group (Canada)

ISBN

978098923155

014301369

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WP870 P726b 2008

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Author

Pike, Jennifer

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

Raincoast Books

Chronical Books

Publication Date

1997

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

1551921081

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WP870 P635 1997

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Author

Scowcroft, Henry

Place of Publication

London, UK

Publisher

Green Tree

Publication Date

2021

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

When Henry Scowcroft's partner Zarah was diagnosed with stage IV bladder cancer in her mid-thirties, their world fell apart. In order to cope with the upheaval as they endured scans, aggressive chemotherapy and hospital stays, Henry began writing down and sharing their experiences with friends and family. His day job as a writer for the charity Cancer Research UK helped him to explain everything he was learning from the coalface of cancer treatment - including Zarah's diagnosis and their rollercoaster journey through the health system. After Zarah's untimely death Henry found some closure and comfort by trying to learn more about her cancer from scientific analysis of the test results and biopsies taken during her treatment and enlisted a team of doctors and researchers to help him. Could he have done more? How did Zarah's tumour develop? Could there be a legacy from her death that would help others diagnosed with cancer? This heart-wrenching memoir of love and loss is interspersed with Henry's mission to understand the cancer that took his partner too soon. -- Page 2 of cover

ISBN

9781472975126

9781472975133

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ201 W432 2021

Website Notes

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

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