Literature Guide: Cancer
Timothy Skinner, MLS, is the Librarian for William Carey International University and a member of Frontier Ventures.
WCIU Journal: Health and Disease Topic
September 25, 2018
Compiled by Timothy L. Skinner, MLS
Library of Congress Classification
RC 261 – RC 282
Dewey Decimal Classification
259 Pastoral care of families and kinds of persons
616 Diseases
Library of Congress Subject Headings
AIDS malignancies
Antioncogenes
Biological response modifiers
Cancer
Cancer cells
Cancer pain
Carcinogenesis
Cell proliferation
Drug resistance in cancer cells
Hodgkin’s disease in children Insurance, Cancer
Leukemia
Melanoma
Metastasis
Oncogenes
Pap test
Precancerous conditions
Renal cell carcinoma
Sarcoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Tumors
Periodicals
Cancer Health
Coping with Cancer
CURE: Cancer Updates, Research & Education
International Journal of Radiation Oncology and Biological Physics
Periodical Articles
Del Regato, Juan A. 1983. “Albert Soiland and the Early Development of Therapeutic Radiology in the United States.” International Journal of Radiation Oncology and Biological Physics 9: 243-53.
Jaret, Peter. 1986. “Our Immune System: The Wars Within.” National Geographic (June): 702-35.
Lampe, Isadore. 1944. “The Radiation Therapist in Contemporary Medicine.” Radiology 43: 181-83.
Weaver, Robert F. 1976. “The Cancer Puzzle.” National Geographic (September): 396-99.
Reference Works
The Cancer Atlas
Cancer Caregiving A-Z: An At-Home Guide for Patients and Families
Encyclopedia of Cancer, 4 vol.
Encyclopedia of Cancer Prevention and Management. Vol. 1: Contemporary Approaches in Cancer Treatment
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer (2015) 3 vol.
Reference Books with Relevant Articles or Chapters
Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology
Biographical Dictionary of Medicine
Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy 15th ed. (1987). Ch. 9: “Hematology and Oncology”
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
Books
History, Politics, and Biography
Del Regato, Juan A. 1995. Radiation Oncologists.
Lerner, Barron H. 2001. The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America. New York: Oxford University Press.
Mukherjee, Siddhartha. 2011. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. New York: Scribner.
Patterson, James T. 1987. The Dread Disease: Cancer and Modern American Culture. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Proctor, Robert N. 1995. Cancer Wars: How Politics Shapes What We Know and Don’t Know about Cancer. New York: Basic Books.
Science
Chamberlain, Jonathan. 2012. The Cancer Survivor’s Bible. 2d rev. ed. Long Island Press.
Farmer, Peter, and John Walker, eds. 1985. The Molecular Basis of Cancer. New York: Springer.
Laszlo, John 1995. The Cure of Childhood Leukemia: Into the Age of Miracles. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Link, John. 2012. The Breast Cancer Survival Manual. 5th ed. New York: Holt Paperbacks.
Weinberg, Robert A. 1998. One Renegade Cell: How Cancer Begins. New York: Basic Books.
Counseling, Consolation, and Encouragement
Becton, Randy, and Dave Dravecky. 2006. Everyday Strength: A Cancer Patient’s Guide to Spiritual Survival. 2d ed. Grand Rapids: Baker.
Howard, Deborah. 2014. Help! Someone I Love Has Cancer. Wapwallopen, PA: Shepherd Press.
Holmes, Suz, and Jenny Wheeler. 2014. Missing You: Finding Hope in Hardship. Terebinth Estate Publishing.
Lewis, Alaric, and R. W. Alley (illustrator). 2005. When Someone You Love Has Cancer: A Guide to Help Kids Cope. Philadelphia: Abbey Press.
Piper, John. 2011. Don’t Waste Your Cancer. Crossway.
Thompson, Deanna A. 2012. Hoping for More: Having Cancer, Talking Faith, and Accepting Grace. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock.
Organizations
American Association for Cancer Research
215-440-9300
www.aacrfoundation.org
American Cancer Society
800-227-2345
www.cancer.org
Cancer Treatment Centers of America
888-363-6174
www.cancercenter.com