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This section lists information resources available in the UK for cancer patients and their families. For resources giving general information on cancer, its treatments and effects, please use the links in the right hand menu.
Books
| A Young Person's Guide to Lymphoma |
| Author
| Lymphoma Association |
| Description
| A useful and clearly written guide for teenagers/adolescents, which provides information on issues such as diet, sex and fertility, going into hospital, going home after treatment, and relationships with family and friends.
|
| Date
| 2003 |
| Obtain from
| Free from the Lymphoma Association on 0808 808 5555 |
| URL
| http://www.lymphoma.org.uk |
| Living With Lymphoma: A Patient's Guide |
| Author
| Elizabeth Adler |
| Publisher
| Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Description
| A valuable guide for people with lymphoma and the people caring for them, written by a scientist who has had lymphoma herself. The book is published in the U.S. so some references to health care services may not be relevant to the reader in the UK. |
| ISBN
| 0-801881-79-X |
| Cost
| £13.50 |
| Date
| 2005 |
Booklets and factsheets
| Hodgkin lymphoma |
| Author
| Lymphoma Association |
| Description
| Booklet |
| Obtain from
| Lymphoma Association, PO Box 386, AYLESBURY, Bucks HP20 2GA. Freephone: 0808 80 85 555 |
| URL
| http://www.lymphoma.org.uk |
| Lymphoma Association |
| Author
| Lymphoma Association |
| Description
| Provides emotional support and information on a range of issues to anyone with lymphatic cancer and to their families, carers and friends, produces a wide range of online booklets, factsheets and video on many different aspects of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. |
| Obtain from
| Lymphoma Association, PO Box 386, AYLESBURY, Bucks HP20 2GA.Freephone: 0808 80 85 555
|
| URL
| http://www.lymphoma.org.uk |
All resources in UK patient information guide have been reviewed by Cancerbackup specialist nurses and all details were correct at time of review.
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