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Dana Farber Excerpts Immunopatient

The Dana Farber blog recently excerpted Immunopatient. You can read much longer excerpts here, but the blog didn’t have that much space! Still, I was honored the nation’s leading cancer research institute saw fit to highlight my book. Their excerpt appears below and here’s the original link to the blog post.

Immunopatient: One Patient’s Story of Cancer and Immunotherapy

It’s not uncommon for cancer patients to take to a pen after a diagnosis. Peter Rooney’s taken that to another level. Rooney, a former journalist and author of the book Die Free, captured his cancer journey in the new book Immunopatient: The New Frontier of Curing Cancer. The following excerpt is reprinted with permission from Immunopatient by Peter Rooney (Hatherleigh Press, 2017). Available at Amazon.com, wherever books are sold, and at immunopatient.com

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These Three Resources Are Helping Me Beat Cancer

This may seem like an strange mix to you, but a website for cancer patients, a guided imagery CD by a retired engineer from Texas, and audio books and CDs by a leading advocate for reducing stress through mindfulness meditation have greatly helped me cope with advanced stage cancer.

Here’s an overview of these valuable resources. Maybe they can help you, too.  Continue reading These Three Resources Are Helping Me Beat Cancer