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Note to families dealing with a child who has a brain tumor: The book listed below, "Childhood Brain & Spinal Cord Tumors: A Guide for Families, Friends & Caregivers" is a must read. IF you can not EASILY afford it, the Candlelighters Foundation will send you a free copy. Click HERE for details - then click on books.
Dying Can Change Your Life
A FREE book about one man's experiance with a brain tumor.
"Sometimes Your Head" A FREE illustrated book for children dealing with brain tumors. Please click here to let us know how you like this book after you read it. (Note: the book is in .pdf format - which requires the free adobe reader, and it may take a few minutes to download.)
Can I Take My Panda Daddy? -(Written by his father), is a beautiful, sad and inspiring memoir about a four year old boy with a malignant brain stem tumor.
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100 Questions about brain tumors
Dr. Virginia Stark-Vance | |
6.82 | |
33,020 | |
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It's My Crisis! And I'll Cry if I Need To: A Life Book that Helps You to Dry Your Tears and to Cope with a Medical Challenge.
Yocheved Golani | |
6.01 | |
12,440 | |
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What the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living
Samuel Lee Oliver | |
5.78 | |
24,206 | |
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The Angel Letters: Lessons That Dying Can Teach us About Living
Norman J. Fried | |
5.75 | |
17,293 | |
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Handbook of Brain Tumor Chemotherapy
Herbert Newton | |
5.61 | |
23,821 | |
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10 | | | | |
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Notes Left Behind: 135 Days with Elena
Keith Desserich | |
5.60 | |
427 | |
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Sad but O.K. : My Daddy Died Today : A Childs View of Death
Barbara Frisbie | |
5.58 | |
32,158 | |
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The Disability Experience: A Healing Journey
Arthur Soissons-Segal, Ph.D. | |
5.56 | |
29,337 | |
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It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Lance Armstrong | |
5.56 | |
31,390 | |
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Surviving `Terminal Cancer`: Clinical Trials, Drug Cocktails, and Other Treatments Your Oncologist Won`t Tell You about
Ben Williams, PhD | |
5.55 | |
40,309 | |
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Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Improving Care and Quality of Life
Maria Hewitt | |
5.55 | |
29,097 | |
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That's Unacceptable!
Rebecca Libutti | |
5.54 | |
34,830 | |
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Living with a Brain Tumor: Dr. Peter Black`s Guide to Taking Control of Your Treatment
Dr. Peter Black | |
5.54 | |
16,925 | |
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Making the Radiation Therapy Decision
David J. Brenner | |
5.54 | |
32,949 | |
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Not By Chance (CD)
Not By Chance | |
5.54 | |
35,274 | |
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Vista Point (CD)
Not By Chance | |
5.53 | |
35,433 | |
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Neuroanatomy Made Easy and Simple
S. David Gertz | |
5.53 | |
32,201 | |
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Reversal: When a Therapist Becomes a Patient
Eric Anthony Galvez | |
5.52 | |
11,558 | |
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The Disability Experience: A Healing Journey
Arthur Soissons-Segal,Ph.D. | |
5.51 | |
27,864 | |
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Dr. Folkmans War: Angiogenesis and the Struggle to Defeat Cancer
Robert Cooke | |
5.51 | |
32,284 | |
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Clinical Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple
Stephen Goldberg | |
5.50 | |
34,491 | |
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Making Miracles Happen
Gregory White Smith | |
5.50 | |
31,692 | |
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Brain Tumor Invasion : Biological, Clinical, and Therapeutic Considerations
Tom Mikkelsen | |
5.50 | |
30,962 | |
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The Comfort of Home: An Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide for Caregivers
Maria M. Meyer | |
5.50 | |
31,591 | |
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The Busy Peoples Guide To Low Fat Cookbook (Author is the spouse of a brain tumor patient - using this book as a fundraiser)
Dawn Hall | |
5.49 | |
33,583 | |
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Childhood Brain & Spinal Cord Tumors: A Guide for Families, Friends & Caregivers
Tania Shiminski-Maher | |
5.49 | |
32,115 | |
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Magic Cancer Bullet: How a Tiny Orange Pill May Rewrite Medical History (The Story of Gleevec)
Dan Vasella | |
5.49 | |
31,282 | |
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Navigating Through a Strange Land : A Book for Brain Tumor Patients and Their Families
Tricia Ann Roloff | |
5.48 | |
33,433 | |
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Stella~s Story: Fighting for Life Against a Malignant Brain Tumor
Kay Loveland | |
5.48 | |
28,341 | |
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The Complete Bedside Companion : A No-Nonsense Guide to Caring for the Seriously Ill
Rodger McFarlane | |
5.48 | |
32,294 | |
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Glioblastoma Multiforme
James M. Markert, MD | |
5.48 | |
28,366 | |
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Brain Tumors: Leaving the Garden of Eden, a Survival Guide to Diagnosis, Learning the Basics, Getting Organized, & Finding Your Medical Team
Paul Zeltzer, MD | |
5.47 | |
27,960 | |
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Brain Tumors: Finding the Ark. Meeting the Challenges of Treatment Choices, Side Effects, Childrens Issues, Healthcare Costs and Long Term Survival
Dr. Paul Zeltzer | |
5.46 | |
16,104 | |
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When Cancer Entered Our Family: How We Lived, Laughed, Cried and Survived
Moyra McDill | |
5.46 | |
14,581 | |
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The Radiation Sonnets: For My Love, in Sickness and in Health
Jane Yolen | |
5.45 | |
28,883 | |
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Cancer As a Turning Point : A Handbook for People With Cancer, Their Families, and Health Professionals
Lawrence LeShan | |
5.43 | |
32,410 | |
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Guide to Complementary and Alternative Cancer Methods
American Cancer Society | |
5.43 | |
33,478 | |
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The Gliomas
Mitchel S. Berger MD | |
5.43 | |
33,538 | |
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The Practical Management of Low-Grade Primary Brain Tumors
Jack P. Rock | |
5.42 | |
33,706 | |
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Force a Miracle
Darryl C. Didier | |
5.39 | |
30,366 | |
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Natural Compounds in Cancer Therapy
John C. Boik | |
4.06 | |
40,607 | |
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