Books recommended by cancer patients for cancer patients

This article was written from information provided by cancer patient volunteers in MD Anderson’s ‘Anderson Network’ - a wonderful resource available to cancer patients nationwide (you don’t have to be a patient at MD Anderson Cancer Center). The Anderson Network - which I volunteer for - matches up patient to patient dialogues at no-cost to the inquiring patient, with cancer survivors who’ve had similar or same type and stage of cancer.

Working with your MD Anderson Network volunteer can be a single phone call or email or an on-going relationship before, during and after treatment. In fact, I finally just ‘met’ one of my patients for the first time; she and her husband were vacationing nearby.

Anyway, here are some great recommendations for books that might be inspiring and helpful through the cancer process. When I was diagnosed, I read both of Lance Armstrong’s book and they were an enormous source of strength.

Read on:

A recent survey of cancer survivors from the Anderson Network, MD Anderson’s patient support program, asked what inspirational, comforting, or helpful books they would recommend for someone facing a serious illness.

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