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The web Directory of Information Materials for People Affected by Cancer is regularly updated and currently has details of over 1,900 booklets, leaflets, books and audiovisual materials for people affected by cancer. Most have been published in the last five years but we have included some older ones that are still useful.
Prostate Cancer UK
This factsheet describes how cryotherapy treats prostate cancer, what it involves, and the possible side effects.
CLIC Sargent
This booklet has been written for families whose children have cancer. It includes sections on the circles of grief, changes in grief over time, how relationships are affected, the dual process model of coping with grief, remembering your child, spirituality, and dealing with other people's responses. The text is interspersed with quotes from people whose child has died.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This booklet has information about the most common type of cancer of the pancreas - adenocarcinoma. It describes the risk factors, causes, symptoms, diagnosis, staging, treatment options and follow-up. It also discusses feelings and self-help and includes details of further support and websites.
Macmillan Cancer Support
Information for women who experience side-effects that continue for six months or longer after treatment, or delayed late effects that begin months or years after treatment.
Prostate Cancer UK
This factsheet is for men who are thinking about having radiotherapy to treat their prostate cancer. It is also for partners and family who would like to know more about this type of treatment. It describes how prostate cancer is treated using a type of radiation directed at the prostate gland from outside the body (external beam radiotherapy).
World Cancer Research Fund
This simple guide to staying healthy includes tips and advice on small changes people can make to their diet and lifestyle to help reduce the risk of cancer, as well as heart disease, type 2 diabetes and stroke.
Pancreatic Cancer Action
This booklet for patients and carers describes chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer, including how it works, how it is given and how it may affect the patient. It includes advice on coping with side effects and a section about second opinions, clinical trials, questions to ask your doctor and a glossary to explain some of the terms used.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This booklet is for anyone who has been diagnosed with locally advanced prostate cancer. This is when prostate cancer has grown outside the prostate and may have started to spread into tissue or organs close by. There is also information for family members and friends. The booklet explains the different treatments for locally advanced prostate cancer and their side effects. It also has information about the feelings you might experience, and how your relationships, work and finances might be affected.
Poetry Space Ltd
Mark Sims, a young doctor was diagnosed with advanced skin cancer just before his 27th birthday. This is the story of his 23-month wrestle with the disease, his passion to raise awareness and funds for vital research and how he found love quite unexpectedly, while working through his bucket list. Sadly, Mark died on January 19th 2017. His book is being published posthumously. (Publisher)
Prostate Cancer UK
This factsheet is for men who are thinking about having a type of internal radiotherapy called high dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy to treat their prostate cancer. It describes how HDR brachytherapy is used to treat prostate cancer.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet describes radiotherapy: what it is; how treatment is planned; types of radiotherapy and the possible side-effects. It also has tips on coping with radiotherapy.
Self-published using CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
In this, his first venture into the literary world, Terry Barry has succeeded in producing a distinctive, perceptive and truly heartwarming story about his battle with life-threatening illness and disease, drawing on medical records and diary entries and written in an engagingly immediate style, skilfully and sympathetically addressing the physical, psychological and emotional turmoil that affected him, his family and friends, prompting him to re-evaluate his recollection of past events and determining his aspirations and goals for the future (Publisher).
Bereavement Advice Centre
This checklist allows someone to state their preferences for the conduct of their funeral.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet provides information about chemotherapy, including possible side-effects. Includes the English-language version.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet provides information on chemotherapy, what it is, when it is used, how it works, length of treatment, and side-effects.
ENABLE Scotland|Macmillan Cancer Support|CHANGE
This booklet is about getting good health care if you have cancer and a learning disability.
Prostate Scotland
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet provides information about chemotherapy, including possible side-effects. Includes English language version.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet provides information about chemotherapy, including possible side-effects. Includes the English language version.
Booklife Publishing
Cancer is a group of diseases in which abnormal cells divide and spread. There are many different kinds of cancer, and different forms of treatment. Cancer is very scary, and can be very difficult to handle physically, emotionally, and mentally. Learning about how cancer affects the body and how it can be treated can help readers who know someone with cancer, or who have cancer themselves. This book can help readers understand complex medical terms and processes through straightforward text. Full-color photographs and fact boxes highlight important information. (Publisher)
A Spark In The Sand
Ceara Hayden's book The Boobies is a lighthearted and informative story about breast cancer. Her quirky and witty rhymes convey this serious disease in a way that is accessible to young adults and grown-ups alike. Based on her own experience of her mother's diagnosis, Ceara's story brings warmth, hope (and a little humour) for those suffering or watching a loved one suffer from this devastating illness. All profits from this book will be donated to the breast cancer awareness charity CoppaFeel. (Publisher)
Macmillan Cancer Support
Information for people who have had treatment for head and neck cancer and who are experiencing side-effects after treatment has ended.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet provides information about chemotherapy, including possible side-effects. Includes English language version.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet provides information about chemotherapy, including possible side-effects. Includes the English language version.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet provides information about chemotherapy, including possible side-effects. Includes English language version.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet provides information about chemotherapy, including possible side-effects. Includes English language version.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet provides information about chemotherapy, including possible side-effects. Includes English language version.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This booklet explains what clinical trials are, and why and how they are carried out. It describes the different types of trials and suggests questions that people might ask before deciding whether to take part in a clinical trial. Includes details of useful organisations and other resources.
Pancreatic Cancer UK
This booklet explains the standards of care everybody with pancreatic cancer should have while they are being diagnosed and treated for pancreatic cancer. You can use it as a guide to what you should expect. It can also help you talk to your doctors and nurses about the care you should receive.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet provides information about chemotherapy, including possible side-effects. Includes English language version.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This booklet is about non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. It is for anyone who is having tests for this type of cancer or has been diagnosed with it. It may also be helpful for family members, friends or carers. The booklet explains the symptoms of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. It also explains how it is diagnosed and treated, and ways to cope; this includes your feelings, relationships, work and finances.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This booklet provides information on the causes and symptoms of vulval cancer, diagnosis and staging, and treatment options and their side-effects. It also discusses feelings and has advice on self-help and support (including financial benefits).
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet describes radiotherapy: what it is; how treatment is planned; external and internal radiotherapy; and the possible side-effects. It also has tips on coping with radiotherapy. Includes English language version.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This booklet is about secondary breast cancer. This is breast cancer that has spread to another part of the body. It is for anyone who has been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer and explains the signs and symptoms, the different treatments, how to manage symptoms and ways to cope with some of the feelings you may have.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet describes radiotherapy: what it is; how treatment is planned; external and internal radiotherapy; and the possible side-effects. It also has tips on coping with radiotherapy. Includes English language version.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet provides information about chemotherapy, including possible side-effects. Includes English language version.
Fentum Press
After a life of reading and writing, what does it feel like to be deprived of both, to be thrown back only on what’s in your head? The literary snippets that emerge into Todd’s consciousness during a month of radiation are sometimes apt, often ludicrous. They draw her back into childhood in Wales, Bermuda, Ceylon when literature functioned as friend and escape, to her unquiet past in sixties Ghana, then America at the dawn of the rights movements. Her father, nearing 100, is caught in the same ‘hospital-land’: both learn the selfishness of sickness and both respond by telling stories. (Publisher)
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet describes radiotherapy: what it is; how treatment is planned; external and internal radiotherapy; and the possible side-effects. It also has tips on coping with radiotherapy. Includes English language version.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet describes radiotherapy: what it is; how treatment is planned; external and internal radiotherapy; and the possible side-effects. It also has tips on coping with radiotherapy. Includes English language version.
Breast Cancer Care
This leaflet explains briefly what goserelin (Zoladex®) is, when it may be prescribed, how it works, and the possible side-effects.
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland
This leaflet briefly describes who is most at risk of developing breast cancer, how to examine the breasts for changes, and what to look out for.
Penny Brohn UK
This evidence-based information sheet aims to provide clearly sourced and reliable information to help you make informed choices about counselling, one of a range of treatments available to support people with cancer.
World Cancer Research Fund
A guide to the nutrition information on food packaging.Also includes a handy credit card-sized mini-guide for you to use while out shopping.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet describes radiotherapy: what it is; how treatment is planned; external and internal radiotherapy; and the possible side-effects. It also has tips on coping with radiotherapy. Includes English language version.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet describes radiotherapy: what it is; how treatment is planned; external and internal radiotherapy; and the possible side-effects. It also has tips on coping with radiotherapy. Includes English language version.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet describes radiotherapy: what it is; how treatment is planned; external and internal radiotherapy; and the possible side-effects. It also has tips on coping with radiotherapy. Includes English language version.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet describes radiotherapy: what it is; how treatment is planned; external and internal radiotherapy; and the possible side-effects. It also has tips on coping with radiotherapy. Includes English language version.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet describes radiotherapy: what it is; how treatment is planned; external and internal radiotherapy; and the possible side-effects. It also has tips on coping with radiotherapy. Includes English language version.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This factsheet describes radiotherapy: what it is; how treatment is planned; external and internal radiotherapy; and the possible side-effects. It also has tips on coping with radiotherapy. Includes English language version.
Prostate Cancer UK
This leaflet gives information about prostate problems, risk factors for prostate cancer and the symptoms to look out for.
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