Tarcher’s updated edition of an international, perennial bestseller—with more than 250,000 copies sold worldwide. As a young veterinarian and decathlon athlete, Dr. Ian Gawler had his right leg amputated as a result of bone cancer in 1975. The cancer returned later that year. Against almost impossible odds, he recovered and went on to found one of the world’s first lifestyle-based cancer self-help and support programs in 1981. Originally published in 1984, You Can Conquer Cancer is a revolutionary book that has sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide and has been translated into fourteen languages. This edition is completely updated and contains whole sections that provide important new information and self-help techniques. Notable for its clarity, this book expands upon what is a truly integrated, holistic approach to cancer—emphasizing nutrition, the power of the mind, meditation, family and social support, and the spiritual dimension of life.

Holistic approach to dealing with cancer, emphasising diet, the power of the mind, meditation, family and social support, and the spiritual dimension in life. Second edition of a book first published 1984. Based on author's own experience as a cancer survivor, looks at relaxation, pain control, diet, the causes of cancer, stress, death, the principles of healing, and the mystery of life as a framework to live within. Includes appendices, references, further reading, and index. Author is an OAM recipient for his services to the community, and a lecturer in the field of Mind/Body Medicine. His other books include 'Inner Peace'.

With only a short time to live due to a highly malignant bone cancer, the author explored all the available treatments, both conventional and non-conventional. Here he presents a total approach to health, both for prevention of cancer and recovery after diagnosis. It includes meditation, relaxation, positive thinking, pain control, diet plus family and social support and the spiritual dimension in life.

A provocative and surprising investigation into the ways that profit, personalities, and politics obstruct real progress in the war on cancer—and one doctor's passionate call to action for change This year, nearly 1.6 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed and more than 1,500 people will die per day. We've been asked to accept the disappointing strategy to "manage cancer as a chronic disease." We've allowed pharmaceutical companies to position cancer drugs that extend life by just weeks and may cost $100,000 for a single course of treatment as breakthroughs. Why have we been able to cure and prevent other killer diseases but not most cancers? Where is the bold government leadership that will transform our system from treatment to prevention? Have we forgotten the mission of the National Cancer Act of 1971, to "conquer cancer"? Through an analysis of over 40 years of medical evidence and interviews with cancer doctors, researchers, drug company executives, and health policy advisors, Dr. Cuomo reveals frank and intriguing answers to these questions. She shows us how all cancer stakeholders—the pharmaceutical industry, government, physicians, and concerned Americans—can change the way we view and fight cancer in this country.

This updated edition contains sections which provide important information and self-help techniques. The book, remarkable for its clarity, enlarges upon what is a truly integrated, holistic approach to cancer - emphasising nutrition, the power of the mind, meditation, family and social support and the spiritual dimension of life.

At just 28 years old, and five short months after her 22-year-old sister had been diagnosed with melanoma, Jen Cerminara found herself being told that she, too, had cancer. After digesting the fact that she had Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Jen set out to write the most unconventional cancer book possible. Equipped with plenty of advice, as well as inspiration and lots of laughs, this Jersey girl shows you how to get through the most difficult time of your life with a smile on your face. Laughing in the Storm is designed to inform you of what you might expect during chemotherapy and radiation. Jen knew that to conquer cancer, she needed faith, a positive attitude, and a good sense of humor! Nothing is off limits in this book, including the large tumor in Jen’s chest, her wig, and the horrendous side effects of cancer treatment.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.” The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist. Riveting, urgent, and surprising, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.