Resources

Below is a curated list of resources encompassing official guides, books to support individuals’ coping and knowledge in the cancer experience, narratives of patients’ personal stories, and other books that may be beneficial to navigating cancer.

Guides from Official Organizations:

• Stress and Cancer (National Cancer Institute, 2022)

• Mental Health and Distress (American Cancer Society, 2024)

• Adjustment to Cancer: Anxiety and Distress (National Cancer Institute, 2025)

• Practice Mindfulness and Relaxation (American Cancer Society, 2020)

• Distress During Cancer Care (National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2024)

  Books for Coping and Cancer-Related Knowledge:

• Coping with Cancer: DBT Skills to Manage Your Emotions (Stuntz & Linehan, 2021)

• The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee, 2011)

• The Human Side of Cancer (Holland & Lewis, 2001)

• Living Your Life with Cancer through Acceptance and Commitment (Johnson et al., 2021)

• Stand by Me: A Guide to Navigating Modern, Meaningful Caregiving (Applebaum, 2024)

  Patients’ Personal Stories:

• Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted (Jaouad, 2022)

• When Breath Becomes Air (Kalanithi, 2016)

  Other Books:

• Full Catastrophe Living: How to Cope with Stress, Pain and Illness Using Mindfulness Meditation (Kabat-Zinn, 2013)

• Man’s Search for Meaning (Frankl, 2006)

• Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully (McFadden, 2024)

• Resilient Grieving (Hone, 2024)

• Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself (Neff, 2015)