Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-166) and index.
Contents:
Welcome to Prostate Country -- All the Decision Makers Are Surgeons! -- The Quest for an Enchanted Shotgun -- Commuting the Death Sentence -- A Band of Brothers -- Introducing Active Surveillance -- Life in the Libido Free Zone -- To Biopsy or Not to Biopsy, Opening Pandora's Box -- Invitation to the "Ice Ball" -- A New Look at Radiation -- Nicola Tesla's Magical Mystery Machine -- Saving Your Sexuality -- Now Playing for a Limited Time Only : The Combidex Follies -- Choosing Doctors -- Hexing : The Modern Sorcerer's Curse -- Diet & Exercise -- By Way of Summing Up -- Taking Control of Your Medical Destiny.
Summary:
"Every year almost a quarter of a million confused and frightened American men are tossed into a prostate cancer cauldron stirred by salespeople representing a multibillion-dollar industry. In this flourishing business, the radical prostatectomy is still the most widely recommended treatment option. Yet a recent and definitive study in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that out of the fifty thousand prostate operations performed annually, more than forty thousand are unjustified. But this is no surprise given that 99 percent of all doctors treating this disease are surgeons or radiation therapists. Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers serves as an indispensable map through the medical minefield of prostate cancer"-- Provided by publisher.
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