Prostate Cancer: A Doctors Personal Triumph

by Sara Lee Fine and Robert Fine

A personal history of a doctor's battle with prostate cancer describes his decision to choose a breakthrough cancer treatment instead of a typical one, and discusses how he managed to survive. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0839768087
• ISBN13: 9780839768081
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Paul S Eriksson
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

LIBRARY JOURNAL

Like many men confronted with a diagnosis of prostate cancer (Pca.), Dr. Fine, a radiologist writes, "I've read so much medical information my head is spinning... still can't decide which treatment to choose." Both Dr. Fine and his wife kept a journal of their quest for the right cure for them. Their book - consisting of their alternating, frighteningly personal diary entries and transcriptions of taped medical consultations - records their reasons for eventually choosing brachytherapy (in which radioactive pellets are implanted directly into the tumor). This book is valuable because few men with Pca will be able to tap into the healthcare network and scholarship as capably as the Fines have. Offering a uniquely expert point of view and a wealth of detailed information, it will be a wonderful guidebook for the less-advantaged Pca patient. Recommended for academic and public libraries alike. -- James Swanton, Harlem Hosp. Lib., New York