With the aging of the baby boomer generation, the 
incidence of prostate cancer is anticipated to rise to 
previously unknown levels in our society. How helpful it 
is, therefore, to have a book like this to demystify the 
experience of diagnosis and treatment.

   
In clear, highly readable, often humorous prose, William 
Martin uses his own successful experience combating this 
frightening cancer as a vehicle for conveying current 
medical information about the disease and its treatment. 
With remarkable candor, he shares the depression and fear 
he faced as he contemplated the choices before him.


Written with sensitivity and humor, this book will 
provide any man diagnosed with prostate cancer a full 
measure of encouragement and guidance. This was the 
intention of the author. As Martin comments, "I felt it 
would be useful for other men diagnosed with this 
damnable disease to have a book that could be read in an 
evening, would provide them with a great deal of the 
information they want and need, and would leave them with 
a strong sense of optimism and hope regarding the 
future."



The lengthy afterword by Dr. Peter Scardino, Chief of 
Urology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New 
York City - fully updated in this edition - provides 
current scientific information about the disease and its 
treatment from one of the world's leading specialists in 
prostate cancer.


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WILLIAM MARTIN, Ph.D., is the Harry and Hazel Chavanne 
Professor of Religion and Public Policy in the Department 
of Sociology at Rice University. He is also Senior 
Scholar in the James A Baker, III Institute of Public 
Policy at Rice. His numerous magazine articles have 
appeared in such publications as The Atlantic Monthly, 
Harper's, Esquire, and Texas Monthly. He is 
the author of five other books, including A Prophet 
with Honor: the Billy Graham Story; and With God on Our 
Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in 
America.