A report on how politics, ambition, and profits are obstructing advances in the war on cancer outlines a call for change that explains how most funding is being used to promote companies and individuals at the expense of cancer prevention programs.

Each year about 6,000 children in the United States are diagnosed with a solid tumor (kidney tumor, liver tumor, neuroblastoma, retinoblastoma, or sarcoma). This newly updated edition of Childhood Cancer contains essential information families need during this difficult time, including: Descriptions of the newest treatments, Advice about how to cope with medical procedures, hospitalization, and finances, Effective ways to form a partnership with the...

"A comprehensive guide to total breast health from the go-to breast care expert for Good Morning America and The Doctors. One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer over the course of their lives, and breast cancer is the #1 killer of women ages 20-59. But did you know that only 15 percent of those diagnosed have a single relative with breast cancer? For most of us, family history and genetics do not determine who gets breast cancer--we...

"At the age of 36, on the verge of a completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi's health began to falter. He started losing weight and was wracked by waves of excruciating back pain. A CT scan confirmed what Paul, deep down, had suspected: he had stage four lung cancer, widely disseminated. One day, he was a doctor making a living treating the dying, and the next, he was a patient struggling to live. Just like that,...

"A día de hoy, la investigación de nuevos tratamientos contra el cáncer sigue centrando los esfuerzos de científicos de todo el mundo. Aun así, si algo ha quedado demostrado a lo largo de los años es que la estrategia más radical en la lucha contra esta terrible enfermedad pasa por la prevención mediante cambios en el estilo de vida y, muy especialmente, en la dieta. En Los alimentos contra el cáncer, los doctores Richard Béliveau y Denis...

Tells the story of young Elena Desserich's battle with brain cancer as told through the eyes of the parents who survived her.

"From an award-winning storyteller comes a stunning debut novel following a New Mexican family's extraordinary year of love and sacrifice. It's Holy Week in the small town of Las Penas, New Mexico, and thirty-three-year-old unemployed Amadeo Padilla has been given the part of Jesus in the Good Friday procession. He is preparing feverishly for this role when his fifteen-year-old daughter Angel shows up pregnant on his doorstep and disrupts his plans....

A physician who defeated cancer provides information and simple guidelines on regenerating cells to recover from and prevent life-threatening or chronic illness, rebuilding the body's strength by eliminating toxic fat, and revitalizing one's life with new hope and energy.

The popular comedian and cast member on "Transparent" traces a wrenching year in her life marked by a debilitating rare illness, her mother's sudden death, a romantic breakup, and her diagnosis with breast cancer.