cancer

Fifteen-year-old Liza tries to deal with the normal everyday crises of life in an Austin, Texas, high school, a process complicated by her mother's fight with breast cancer.

This witty inspirational book gives life lessons on how to get through the cancer experience from the perspective of a cancer survivor.

In her diary, ten-year-old Melanie describes how she and her family, accompanied by her best friend Cecily, travel to the Netherlands, where they have a good time despite Cecily's concern for her mother's health and Melanie's struggles with her little brother and her own attitude.

Answers questions on the practices of tanning and the effects it can have. Includes side-bars and photographs.

Explains the causes, symptoms, and treatments of lung cancer; and provides details on methods of early detection and new therapies.

Various kids describe their feelings and how they cope with their mothers' breast cancer.

Retired heart surgeon Ben Givens, diagnosed with terminal colon cancer, decides to take one last hunting trip in the Columbia Basin of central Washington where he plans to end his life, but the people he meets and the situations he faces along the way cause him to change his mind.

Nancy Brinker recounts how her bond with her sister Susan was impacted by Susan's battle with breast cancer in 1977 and shares how she was inspired to start the Susan G. Komen foundation to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research.

Examines the causes and symptoms of bone cancer and discusses advancements in detection and treatment options.

Examines the causes and symptoms of pancreatic cancer and discusses advancements in detection and treatment options.