Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September 2014

Each year in the UK almost three hundred children die as a result of cancer and each week almost one hundred children are told they have cancer. Being diagnosed with cancer is a very frightening experience the result of which can have considerable emotional, practical and financial implications for the whole family. September 2014 is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and there will be a number of differing events across the UK that aim to raise awareness of childhood cancer, its impact and also highlight the benefits of helping children spend more time at home.

For more information about Childhood Cancer Awareness Month please see the CLIC Sargent website: http://www.clicsargent.org.uk/

RELATED HEALTH LIBRARY RESOURCES

For anyone studying cancer and its effects, the Health Library offers numerous resources related to the subject. In the lists below you’ll find a selection of our most popular items, information on materials recently added to our collection and available periodicals. To locate these items simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter.

MOST POPULAR

- Cancer: the misguided cell/ by David M. Prescott et al.

- The biology of cancer / by Robert Allan Weinberg

- Cancer chemotherapy : a nursing process approach / by Margaret Barton-Burke

NEW TO STOCK

- Strong opioids and the relief of cancer pain: information for patients, families and friends / Palliative Care Formulary

JOURNALS

- Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Oxford University Press. [Available as a print journal 1999 onwards, also available as a Keele and NHS accessible e-journal from 1996 onwards]

- British Journal of Cancer, Nature Publishing Group [Available a:s a print journal 1979 - 2011, a NHS accessible ejournal from 1947 onwards, and a Keele accessible ejournal from 1999 onwards]

More journals are accessible via http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/ http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/

CURRENT AWARENESS

‘Cancer’ current awareness page

http://www.netvibes.com/healthlibrary_northstaffs#Cancer

‘Child health’ current awareness page http://www.netvibes.com/healthlibrary_northstaffs#Child_Health

Decembeard 2024 - Bowel Cancer awareness

“Grow a beard for bowel cancer” Every December the charity, Bowel Cancer UK, asks people to ditch the razors and grow or style a beard to support everyone affected by bowel cancer. According to their website, bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK, with around 44,000 people diagnosed every year. This campaign is aimed at raising awareness and funds to support research and treatment. RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES   The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter. This document covers the following resources – books , journals , journal articles and patient information . BOOKS Multidisciplinary treatment of colorectal cancer: staging, treatment, pathology, palliation ; Baatrup, Gunnar; ...

Reminder: Christmas opening times for the Health Library 2024

The Health Library will have reduced opening hours over the Christmas holidays : December 2024 Monday 23rd to Tuesday 24th December - 9 am - 4 pm Wednesday 25th to Thursday 26th December - Closed Friday 27th December - 9 am - 4 pm Saturday 28th to Sunday 29th December - Closed Monday 30th to Tuesday 31st December - 9 am - 4 pm January 2025 Wednesday 1st January - Closed Normal opening times will resume on Thursday 2nd January at 8.30 am. Online resources are available via the Health Library website

Christmas opening hours at the Health Library 2024

The Health Library will have reduced opening hours over the Christmas holidays : December 2024 Monday 23rd to Tuesday 24th December - 9 am - 4 pm Wednesday 25th to Thursday 26th December - Closed Friday 27th December - 9am to 4pm Saturday 28th to Sunday 29th December - Closed Monday 30th to Tuesday 31st December - 9 am - 4 pm January 2025 Wednesday 1st January - Closed Normal library opening times will resume Thursday 2nd January at 8.30 am. Online resources are available via the Health Library website .

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