Masculinity Versus Castration: On the Way to Fighting Prostate Cancer

Over 220,000 men are diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in the USA alone, and hundreds of books have been published on this subject. However, this book fills in a critical gap in the literature by educating men age 40+ on how to detect symptoms, how to interact with the specialist, what to ask his doctor, and in general how to keep records and to manage the healthcare of his prostate. The objective: to be able to make decisions that are best to his personal circumstance. And to urge him to share with his wife or partner all data on his prostate diseases. Attention is devoted to African-Americans (whose Prostate Cancer incidence is 50% higher than Whites and 100% higher mortality). With aggressive, unique style, the book substantiates why and how the patient is and should be first --above Government, HMOs, doctors or drugs makers. Additionally, this book offers the first ever chronology of events leading to diagnosing and curing Prostate Cancer and the first ever graphic tribute to the most eminent scientists that made cure possible, among them Drs. Curie, Young, Holm, Watanabe, Gleason, Walsh, Catalona, Ragde, Blasko, Critz and many others. It is the result of 3-1/2 years of medical research, of statistical analyses, and of interviewing over one hundred Prostate Cancer patients and numerous specialists in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Denmark, Japan and Spain. Reviews suggest that this book is a true reference source for, both, patients and medical practitioners.