Research
Reading list – Breast Cancer and Related TopicsYou are welcome to borrow any of these books from us for a two week period.
Please remember to return your books so other women can use them also.
Please fill in the borrower’s card with your name and phone number.
Public libraries will also have a range of these and other books of interest, as well as selected bookshops. There are many other books available.
The Wounded Breast – Evelyn Accad 2001
My Breast, One Woman’s Story – Joyce Adler 1994
Patient No More – The Politics of Breast Cancer – Sharon Batt 1996
The Unofficial Guide to Surviving Breast Cancer– Stacie Zoe Berg & Richard Theriault 1999
Cancer in Two Voices – Sandra Butler & Barbara Rosenblum 1991
I Don’t Know What to Say: Hows to Support Someone Who is Dying – Robert Buckman 1998
Cancer’s a Word, Not a Sentence – Fiona Castle 2000
Beating our Breasts – Margaret Clark 2000
Up Front: Sex and the Post-Mastectomy Woman – Linda Dackman 1990
Modified Radical & Other Cancer Poems – Ann Davidson 1990
Breast Cancer – Linda Dyson 1989
The Breast Cancer Treatment Survival Handbook: Hope is Contagious – Margit Esser Porter 1997
Dear God, It’s Cancer: A Medical and Spiritual Guide for Patients and Their Families – William A. Fintel & Gerald R. McDermott 1997
A Season in Hell – Marilyn French 1998
A Visible Wound: A Healing Journey through Breast Cancer – Julie Friedberger 1996
Women of Silence: The Emotional Healing of Breast Cancer – Grace Gawler 1994
Mediation: Pure and Simple – Ian Gawler 2003
The Journey Through Cancer – Jeremy Geffen 2000
Natural Alternatives to HRT – Marilyn Glenville 1997
After the Change – Kathleen Griffin 1996
Mediations for Women who do too much – Harper Collins 1996
50 Ways to Cope With Menopause – Linda Hughey Hoff 1994
You’ll Get Over It: The Rage of Bereavement – Virginia Ironside 1996
The Estrogen Answer Book – Ruth Jacobswitz 1999
Thanks for the Mammogram: Fighting Cancer with Hope and a Healthy Dose of Laughter – Laura Jensen Walker 2000
Spinning Straw Into Gold: Your Emotional Recovery from Breast Cancer – Ronnie Kaye 1991
Spirited Women: Journeys with Breast Cancer – Petra King 1995
Treading the Maze: An Artists Journey Through Breast Cancer – Susan E King 1997
On Death and Dying – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross 1970
The Breast Cancer Companion – Kathy La Tour 1993
Dr Susan Love’s Breast Book – Susan M Love & Karen Lindsay 1990
The Hormone Dilemma – Susan M Love & Karen Lindsay 1997
A Woman’s Guide to Healing From Breast Cancer – Nan Lu 1999
Examining Myself – Musa Mayer 1993
Advanced Breast Cancer: A Guide to Living With Metastatic Disease – Musa Mayer 1998
Women’s Cancers: How to Prevent Them, How to Treat Them, How to Beat Them – Kerry A McGinn & Pamel J Haylock 1993
The Chemotherapy Survival Guide – Judith McKay 1995
Seeing the Crab: A Memoir of Dying – Christina Middlebrook 1996
The Cancer Industry – Ralph W. Moss 1999
Breast Changes: What You Need to Know – NBCC 1997
Early Breast Cancer – NHMRC 1995
All about Early Breast Cancer – NHMRC 1996
Information for Women Considering Preventative Mastectomy Because of a Strong Family History of Breast Cancer – NHMRC 2000
Ice Bound: One Woman’s Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole – Jerri Nielsen 2001
Bosom Buddies: Lessons and Laughter on Breast Health and Cancer – Rosie O’Donnell & Deborah Axelrod 1999
Your Life in Your Hands– Jane Plant 2000
The Feisty Woman’s Breast Cancer Book – Elaine Ratner 1999
Living on the Edge: Women Writers on Breast Cancer – Hilda Raz 1999
Me and My Shadow: My Fight Against Cancer – Deidre Redgrave 1995
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying – Sogyal Rinpoche 1992
After Cancer: A Guide to Your New Life – Wendy Schessel Harpham 1994
Sexuality and Cancer – Leslie R. Schover
Sexuality and Fertility After Cancer – Leslie R. Schover 1997
Love, Medicine and Healing – Bernie Segal 1988
Peace, Love and Healing – Bernie Segal 1991
Diary of a Breast – Elisa Segrave 1995
Close to the Bone: Life Threatening Illness and the Search for Meaning – Jean Shinoda Bolen 1996
To Dance with the Devil. The New War on Breast Cancer: Politics, Power & People – Karen Starbinder 1997
Beyond Grief: A Guide for the Recovering from the Death of a Loved One – Carol Staudacher 1987
Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment – Sandra Steingrab 1997
The Phyto Factor – Maryon Stewart 1998
The Breast Book – Miriam Stoppard 1996
Recovering From Breast Surgery – Diana Stumm 1995
The Breast Cancer Handbook – Joan Swirsky & Barbara Balaban 1994
Breast Cancer: Beyond Convention – Mary Tagliaferri 2002
Fine Black Lines: Reflections On Facing Cancer Fear and Loneliness – Lois Tscheller Hjelmstad 1993
Taking Time: Support for People Living With Cancer and the People Who Care about Them – US Department of Health and Human Services 1996
My Breast– Joyce Wadler 1992
Menopause and Mind – Claire Warga 1999
Breast Cancer? Breast Health: The Wise Woman Way – Susan S Weed 1996
Songs of Strength: Sixteen Women Talk About Cancer – Women’s Cancer Group 1997
A History of the Breast – Marilyn Yalom 1998
Living in the Postmastectomy Body – Becky Zuckweiler 1995
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN/TEENAGERS
Will I Get Breast Cancer – Questions & Answers for Teenage Girls – Carole G Vogel, Silver Burdett Press 1995
Sharing: A Family’s Guide to Breast Cancer – Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology 1994
AUDIO TAPES
Women of Silence, The Emotional Healing of Breast Cancer – Grace Gawler 1994
All About Early Breast Cancer – NHMRC 1996
Please note:
St Marks provides these books for your information, and hopes you will find them useful, but there are opinions in the books it may not support. Please discuss any details you are concerned about with St Mark’s staff or your health professional.
We welcome feedback on books and are interested in hearing about any other books you have found informative and helpful.