This Medikidz comic is 'written by doctors for kids' and reviewed by children. It explains metastatic breast cancer (also known as advanced or secondary breast cancer) and its treatment, to children. Suitable for children of primary school age. Author: Kimberley Maxwell PhD.
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Donna Penny wrote this picture book from the perspective of her 9-year-old son, Kai, to help parents explain advanced (metastatic) cancer to their children. It is a bright, positive book, sharing the family's experience of advanced breast cancer, including chemotherapy, hair loss, anxiety and most of all, family. Although Donna has breast cancer, the story
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This 30 minute video, produced by the Advanced Breast Cancer Group in Queensland, focuses on the stories of six woman living with advanced breast cancer, their partners and families. While explaining the benefits of face-to-face support groups, they discuss topics such as the shock of diagnosis, feeling isolated, coping strategies, communication and relationships, dealing with
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This is a picture book created by Lyndsey Clark for her young daughter Nyah. Lyndsey was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in 2014 and used the book to make the difficult conversation of explaining advanced cancer, death and grief to a young child, a little easier.
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This 6th edition of Susan Love's well-regarded 'Breast book' provides her usual, reliable and clearly-written information on breast health, breast conditions, and particularly breast cancer. It provides an update on advances in the treatment of breast cancer over the last five years, and an update on advanced breast cancer.
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This picture book is aimed at children aged from about 4 to 8 years of age, but would probably be useful for older children too. It was written by Hadassa Field after her sister struggled to find picture books to help her explain her advanced cancer to her children. It explains the concepts of uncertainty
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Booklet from the Metastatic Breast Cancer Series, produced by Living Beyond Breast Cancer. This publication aims to empower women to make informed decisions and to cope with their emotions after a diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer.
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Fear of recurrence touches almost every woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. This guide covers: sorting through fears and finding practical ways to manage them; understanding what causes concerns to increase or resurface; learning how worries may change with transition out of treatment into the months, years and decades ahead; concrete ways of
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A collection of stories from women from different ages and cultures who have been through diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer, only to find that the cancer recurred.
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