Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Oregon and Southwest Washington

The Light Within: The Extraordinary Friendship of a Doctor and Patient Brought Together by Cancer

Lois M. Ramondetta and Deborah Sills

The Light Within is a true story of a friendship that evolved between a gynecologic oncologist and her ovarian cancer patient. One of the women in our support group recommends the book because it reaffirmed that her thoughts, actions, and feelings were normal for this disease. Another woman in our group comments: The book embodies the great hope that every woman must have, in the despair of her diagnosis, of finding a kindred spirit in her physician.

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