The Good Cancer

In her breakout book, The Good Cancer, Dr. Marla Friedman reveals her life's journey with cancer. Each chapter provides stories of survival and healing along with easy to implement tips. Marla uses humor and storytelling techniques to discuss cancer in a candid and conversational tone. When you buy this book, you'll find strategies for dealing with everything from handling initial diagnosis to preparing for surgery. In addition, she includes other topics like speaking with children about cancer, decreasing stress, eating healthier, care giving and medical marijuana. For more than 16 years, Dr. Friedman has been educating cancer patients about taking control of their own healing process. She founded the South Florida Thyroid Cancer Survivor's Association (ThyCa) after she was diagnosed and couldn't find a support group specific to her own cancer. In 2015 Marla was diagnosed with cancer yet again. A diagnosis of breast cancer was shocking and led to surgeries and treatment. While working on this book, Marla lost both her mother and mother-in-law to cancer within the same year. Dr. Marla Friedman is a full-time professor of business and entrepreneurship. She is a best-selling Amazon author and national speaker on cancer topics. Marla is a founding member of Lighthouse Dragons SOS, a dragon boat team for breast cancer survivors based in Jupiter, FL.