The Cancer Recovery Eating Plan: The Right Foods to Help Fuel Your Recovery

Nixon, Daniel W., MD, Times Books, NY, 1994. ISBN 0812925904 - $25.00.

Offers a guide about what to eat after a cancer diagnosis, a three-month eating plan, and more than 100 recipes. 451 pages.

A Dietician's Cancer Story

Dyer, Diana. Swan Press, 1999. ISBN 0966723813 - Paperback. $10.00.

The author describes her "integrated" approach to a successful recovery from her most recent cancer diagnosis. Her approach combines conventional cancer therapy with significant nutritional changes and other healing methods from complementary medicine. The book also includes a helpful annotated resource list for cancer patients. The newest 5th edition has been expanded to include an extensive chapter on "Dining Out and Maintaining Your Anti-Cancer Diet" along with other updated information.

Eating Hints for Cancer Patients

National Cancer Institute (92-2079, 1992).

A cookbook-style booklet including recipes and suggestions for maintaining optimum yet realistic good nutrition during treatment. All recipes have been tested. 92 pages. Call (800) 4-CANCER.

Food for Life: The Cancer Prevention Cookbook

Bohannon, Richard, and Terri P. Wuerthner (Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1986. ISBN 0884193721 - Hardcover. $10.49.)

An oncologist and a caterer have collaborated to produce these recipes, which are based on the nutrition guidelines of the National Research Council and the American Cancer Society. This cookbook includes a table listing the nutritive values of many common foods.

A Guide to Good Nutrition During and After Chemotherapy and Radiation

Aker, Saundra N., RD and Polly Lennsen, RD, MS (Third Edition, 1988, $8.00 plus $3.00 postage and handling).

A practical approach to patient nutrition, with helpful hints and specific dietary suggestions for controlling appetite and digestion related problems. 147 pages. Order from The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Clinical Nutrition Program, 1124 Columbia Street, Seattle, WA 98104, (206) 667-4834

Just Peachey: Cooking Up a Cure

Rufenbarger, Connie, (Women Winning Against Breast Cancer, IN, 1995, ISBN 0964671905, $15.00 plus $4.50 shipping and handling).

Features a variety of recipes, cooking tips and breast health information. Proceeds from the sale of the book will directly benefit breast cancer research at The Indiana University School of Medicine. 320 pages. Order from Just Peachey, P.O. Box 1823, Warsaw, IN 46581-1823, (219) 268-9015.

The Non Chew Cookbook

Wilson, J. Randy, Wilson Pub., 1986. ISBN 0961629908, $23.95

One of the more bothersome problems for cancer patients and their caregivers is how to provide tasty foods when the patient can't chew well due to radiation, chemotherapy and surgery. Even if the problem is temporary and will go away in a few weeks or months, if the patient feels miserable, the cook/caregiver is frustrated. Written from solid personal experience as a cook for someone who couldn't chew for six months, look at a sample of recipes at the Non-Chew Bookbook Website. You can order by calling 1-800-843-2409.

Nutrition and Cancer: An International Journal

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

A professional publication of current findings on the effects of nutrition on the etiology, therapy, and prevention of cancer. Included are clinical and experimental research in nutrition, carcinogenesis, epidemiology, biochemistry, and food technology. An individual subscription is $200 a year and can be ordered from Nutrition and Cancer, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 10 Industrial Avenue, Mahwah, NJ 07430-2262, 973-256-1699.

What to Eat if You Have Cancer

Keane, Maureen, and Daniella Chace. NTC/Contemporary Publishing. ISBN 08092326 - $13.56.

This books offers the most up-to-the-minute information on choosing the best foods to help combat the disease as well as the side effects of chemical, surgical and radiation treatments. Readers also are given a clear and concise overview of the disease, different methods of treatment, and much more.

What to Eat When You Don't Feel Like Eating

Haller, James. Lancelot Press Limited, Nova Scotia, 1994.

A valuable resource for those patients who need quick and simple recipes to prepare. 75 pages. Available at no charge from SmithKline Beecham.

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