Veins For Life

Web Resources and Organizations

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When you undergo chemotherapy, it's important to have access to as many helpful resources as possible.

Set forth below are some links to professional associations that you may find useful.

Please know that some of these societies have BAS/BAS employees as member(s).

Books and publications:

57 Good Things About Chemotherapy
Alec Kalla. Knackk Press, 2001.

Offers an extraordinary comical outlook on chemotherapy.
Cancer is a word, not a sentence: A Practical Guide to Help you Through the First Few Weeks
Dr. Robert Buckman, Firefly Books, 2006

Straightforward, thoughtful guide to beginning the journey with chapter a on chemo.
Coping with Cancer: A Patient Pocket Book of Thoughts, Advice, and Inspiration for the Ill
Veronica Blaha Decker, RN, CNP, MBA and Linda Weller- Ferris, BA, MA PHD, Hygeia Media; An imprint of the Oncology Nursing Society, 2009
Coping with Chemotherapy: Compassionate Advice and Authoritative Information from a Chemotherapy Survivor
Nancy Pauling Bruning. Avery, 2002.

A reliable source of information on how chemotherapy treatments work, how to cope with side effects, and what to expect during treatment.
Our Gift of Love: Personal Stories of Breast Cancer Courage
Richard Paul Evans Publishing, Inc. 1996

Over twenty women and their family members write of their experiences with breast cancer and address every aspect of the disease.
Understanding Cancer: A Patient's Guide to Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment, 2nd ed
C. Norman Coleman, MD. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Clear, realistic, understandable guidance