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A "biography" of cancer from its origins to the epic battle to cure, control, and conquer it. A combination of medical history, cutting-edge science, and narrative journalism that transforms the listener's understanding of cancer and much of the world around them. The author provides a glimpse into the future of cancer treatments and offers a bold new perspective on the way doctors, scientists, philosophers, and lay people have observed and understood...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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Conceived to provide a bone marrow match for her leukemia-stricken sister, teenage Kate begins to question her moral obligations in light of countless medical procedures and decides to fight for the right to make decisions about her own body. New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness. Anna is not sick, but she...
4) Leukemia
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Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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Covers symptoms, causes and effects, treatments, cures and medical advances for leukemia.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia
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The bestselling, beloved writer of romantic comedies like You've Got Mail tells her own late-in-life love story in her "resplendent memoir," complete with a tragic second act and joyous resolution. Delia Ephron had struggled through several years of heartbreak. She'd lost her sister, Nora, and then her husband, Jerry, both to cancer. Several months after Jerry's death, she decided to make one small change in her life--she shut down his landline, which...
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An Emmy Award-winning writer and activist describes the harrowing years she spent in early adulthood fighting leukemia and how she learned to live again while forging connections with other survivors of profound illness and suffering
A few weeks shy of her twenty-third birthday, Jaouad received a diagnosis of leukemia, with a 35 percent chance of survival. She would spend much of the next four years in a hospital bed, fighting for her life and chronicling...
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Vanderbeekers volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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"The Vanderbeekers are looking forward to the wedding of two of their favorite people! But when one of the siblings receives a dire diagnosis, instead of preparing for a celebration, the family is suddenly spending their time at the hospital. And soon they are helping a newly-made and critically ill friend, even as they struggle with how their own lives have turned upside down. In the poignant conclusion to the bestselling Vanderbeekers series, the...
11) Leukemia
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Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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Leukemia, also known as A.L.L., is the most common cancer in children, adolescents, and young adults younger than 20 years old. It applies to several diseases of the blood-forming tissues, encountered in both sexes and at all ages. This book explains the different types of leukemia and what is currently known about the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options for each. With full-color photographs and illustrations, this book offers the latest...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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The three Babcock sisters and their mother spend a lot of time at a Mexican clinic across the border from their San Diego home. There the mother is receiving alternative treatments for her leukemia. Vanessa, the middle child and a talented pianist, is trying to hold her family together despite the painful loss that they all know is inevitable. As she and her sisters navigate first loves and college dreams, they are completely unaware that an illness...
14) Tear Me Apart
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Competitive skier Mindy Wright is a superstar in the making until a spectacular downhill crash threatens not just her racing career but her life. During surgery, doctors discover she's suffering from a severe form of leukemia, and a stem cell transplant is her only hope. But when her parents are tested, a frightening truth emerges. Mindy is not their daughter. The race to save Mindy's life means unraveling years of lies. Was she accidentally switched...
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"Smart Business Problems and Analytical Hints in Cancer Research" is a pioneering exploration of the intersection between data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and oncology. Delving into 25 advanced questions derived from real-world cancer research scenarios, this book offers comprehensive guidelines on leveraging data-driven methodologies to address key challenges in the field. From genomic profiling and patient data integration...
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Español
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Hay muchos tipos de cáncer y lo mejor es que tomes conciencia de los síntomas o signos de cada uno para que no te sorprendas después de pasar mucho tiempo pensando en cosas y darte cuenta de que ya estás infectado con uno. Muchos tipos de la enfermedad del cáncer son difíciles de determinar, especialmente en la primera fase, que es una etapa vital para saber si tiene esto y poder tomar los medicamentos necesarios mientras la enfermedad aún...
17) Sadako
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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A uniquely funny and moving story about Greg, a high school senior who avoids deep human relationships as a way to safely navigate the social mine field that is teenage life. In fact, he describes his best friend Earl, with whom he makes short-film parodies of classic movies, as being 'more like a co-worker'. But when Greg's mom insists he spends time with Rachel, a girl in his class who has just been diagnosed with cancer, Greg discovers just how...
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English
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One minute Jim Zervanos was carrying his one-year-old boy to a baseball game, the next, he was in the ER, where for days he lay in limbo, being strangled from the inside. Teams of the best doctors were stumped by his worsening condition, before telling him there was nothing they could do.
That Time I Got Cancer: A Love Story is about experiencing joy even in desperate times. It's about the relationships that anchor us, even as they must be entirely...
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