Book List

 

Thyroid Cancer - General

Thyroid Cancer: A Guide for Patients, Douglas Van Nostrand MD, Gary Bloom and Leonard Wartofsky MD (Keystone Press, 2004) ISBN 0-9746239-0-3

Thyroid Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Management Second Edition. Edited by Leonard Wartofsky and Douglas Van Nostrand. 708 pp., (Humana Press, 2006) ISBN 1-58829-462-5.  

Management of Thyroid Cancer and Related Nodular Disease,  I. Ross McDougall
(Springer, 2005), ISBN: 1852339659, 398 pages

The Complete Thyroid Book, Kenneth B. Ain MD and M. Sara Rosenthal, 2005 (Toronto:  McGraw-Hill. 2005) ISBN 0071435263

Rosenthal, Sara M. (2003). The Thyroid Cancer Book, 2^nd edition,Your Health Press Edition (Trafford Publishing, 2002 catalogue #02-0771 www.trafford.com); ISBN 1-55395-059-3. 

Dr. Rosenthal PhD, is a thyroid cancer survivor who grew up in Canada, and was treated for her own papillary disease in Toronto in 1983 when she was 20 years old. She writes “Among other thyroid sufferers we’re “unique” and among other cancer patients we’re “unique”.... every thyroid cancer survivor I spoke to made a special point of discussing the psychosocial aspects of thyroid cancer, and how they’re typically ignored in most materials.”

 

The Thyroid Solution, Ridha Arem (New York: Ballantyne Books, 1999) ISBN 0-345-42919-2

Thyroid Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Management, Leonard Wartofsky (Totowa, N.J.  Humana Press, c1999) ISBN 0896034291

 

About the Low Iodine Diet

The Low Iodine Diet Cookbook,

Norene Gilletz (Toronto: Trafford Publishing, 2005, www.trafford.com) ISBN 1-4210-6691-3

 

 

 

 

 

Emotional Support

Buckman, Robert , (2006 ) Cancer is a Word, Not a Sentence: A Practical Guide to Help You Through the First Few Weeks, Key Porter Books.

Dr. Robert Buckman is a medical oncologist at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto and a professor at the University of Toronto Department of Medicine.

Dr. Buckman demystifies cancer: “This book is, I hope...the first step-by-step ‘what-do-I-do-now’, practical guide specifically written to help you through those first few bewildering weeks and the various steps of diagnosis and treatment, and to provide simple, practical, everyday help in coping.” (p. 12-13)

 

Carr, Kris. (2007). Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips, Skirt.

If you’re ready for a lighter approach, this is the book to read. When Kris Carr, the author, found out she had cancer at age 31, she began writing about and filming her interactions with family, friends, doctors and others. Her first book is a collection of personal stories and useful resources.

 

 

Halvorson-Boyd, Glenna and Hunter, Lisa K. (1995).  Dancing in Limbo. Making Sense of Life after Cancer. Jossey-Bass Publishers. 

The authors of ‘Dancing in Limbo’ share their personal stories as cancer survivors and suggestions on how to move forward after the busyness of medical appointments and treatments stop.