Man to Man : Surviving Prostate Cancer - Softcover

Book

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0751522929 ISBN 13: 9780751522921

Publisher: Time Warner Books Uk, 1998

Synopsis

Prostate cancer is the male equivalent of breast cancer - the number of victims is almost identical - though it receives considerably less attention. This painfully honest book is an attempt to break through the barrier of silence and isolation to write about prostate cancer - surviving it successfully - with a frankness found lacking in every other book on the subject. It is one man's story and every case of cancer is as individual as the person whose life it threatens; yet everybody who has had it shares certain fears, experiences and doubts. It is a kind of all-male club and membership is not dependant on race, creed or sexual preference. Michael Korda joined the club, unexpectedly, at 2:30 in the afternoon of Thursday 20 October, 1994. This is his story.

About this title

From the Publisher

"By far the best book on prostate cancer yet written. Men and women both should read it -- it might well make the difference between life and death."
-- Richard Rhodes

"Man to Man brings prostate cancer out of the closet ... Mr. Korda tells his story with unflinching candor."
-- The New York Times Book Review

"Proves that a single, highly personal moving account of an individual's illness can provide more education ... than every medical text on the planet."
-- Los Angeles Times

"An eye-opening and important book."
-- San Francisco Chronicle

From the Inside Flap

Although prostate cancer is a disease that strikes nearly 200,000 men every year, it is a disease that has been shrouded in silence, in part because it strikes at the very core of masculine identity. But in Man to Man, bestselling author Michael Korda breaks that silence, turning the story of his illness and recovery into a candid and instructive book that speaks not only to every man and woman whose life has been touched by prostate cancer but to everyone who lives in fear of it.
With unsparing frankness, Korda describes how he survived the ordeal of prostate surgery and its painful and humiliating aftereffects. He tells us how tumors are graded, evaluates different treatments, and makes sense of prostate cancer's mystifying "numbers." Practical, immensely readable, filled with information, and, above all, hopeful, Man to Man is literally a life-saver.

Edition details

• Publisher: Time Warner Books Uk
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0751522929
• ISBN 13: 9780751522921
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272