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Buy You Can Beat Prostate Cancer by Robert J. Marckini available and for sale on Brightsurf
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by Robert J. Marckini
| | List Price: | $20.00 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 20786 | | Studio: | Robert J. Marckini | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 256 | | Publication Date: | June 24, 2008 | | Publisher: | Robert J. Marckini |
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Product Description
The task of choosing the right prostate cancer treatment is daunting. It is further complicated by conflicting information the patient receives from physicians and the Internet. This book is written by a prostate cancer survivor who now runs an international prostate cancer support group. It’s about his journey and the important things he learned along the way. It is the book the author wishes had been available when he was diagnosed 6 years ago. It is intended to provide specific information for men who are at risk or have been recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. All major treatment options are examined and the pros and cons of each are summarized. A relatively new, non-invasive, highly effective treatment is highlighted. It is an option that cures cancer as well as any other option, but generally leaves the patient with a higher quality of life and fewer, if any, side effects. This book has been endorsed by several physicians as well as other highly respected people from all walks of life. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 49 reviews)
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You Can Beat Prostate Cancer 
I'm a 70 year old Colorado ski instructor in darn good shape. I was recently diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer. In reserching my various treatment options, I came across the book: "You Can Beat Prostate Cancer" (without surgery,) by Robert J. Marckini. This book contains a wealth of information about the subject. It's easy to read, written in story form mixing in technical information that every man and his significant other should know about. It explains various treatments and includes testimonials from men who have been through some of them. I learned that bicycling, which I do, can skew the results of a PSA test. Why didn't my primary care phsician or urologist ever mention this? I highly recommend this book to anyone who is touched by prostate cancer.
July 21, 2008 | |
Beating Prostate Cancer
This book gets my highest personal rating! Mr. Marckini's book thoroughly described his Proton Radiation Therapy for prostate cancer, and was written for the average person to understand. This book enabled me to tackle the emotions that one feels upon hearing the "C" word, as well as develop the resolve to proceed with Proton therapy. In this book, you will find information that is not openly discussed by Urologists. Mr. Marckini speaks from the heart, and truly has your best interests in mind. I am so thankful to have read this book. Mr. Marckini saved me from the regret and anguish of radical prostatectomy surgery, and instead, instilled in me the confidence to pursue Proton Therapy. If you are considering your options for prostate cancer treatment, you must read this book.
July 16, 2008 | |
Cutting Through the Medical Jargon- a book with hope!
My (then 60 year old) husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer in June of 2005 (Gleason score 8- PSA 114) by a urologist recommended to us by our general practioner. We were lucky that this urologist used at least a 12 sample (honestly at this time can't remember if it was more, but not less) biopsy needle, because we knew nothing about the standards for this procedure at that point. This standard is pointed out very well in Mr. Marckini's book. As with all cancer diagnoses, we were devastated. In a couple of months, we were scheduled to take a trip of a life-time to England and on to China. With assurances from the urologist (and some pills to help with the swelling in the prostate so my husband could pass urine easier and a hormone deprivation implant-chemical castration) we continued with our plans for the trip and tackled the questions concerning further treatment when we got back.
Since this is suppose to be a book review and not a history of my husband's prostate cancer, I'll skip all the rest of the details of his treatment and get right to the subject. I did a tremendous amount of research on the web and read several books, including the one given to me by the urologist and written by the American Cancer Society. I have had a lot of experience with research in general and a few medical cases and some terminology, but I am not medically trained. Nevertheless, I plowed through everything I could get my hands on and sometimes grasped the microbiology and sometimes did not. In the meantime, the urologist informed us he didn't feel surgery was an option for my husband. He "surmised" the cancer had already leaked from the prostate into surrounding lymph nodes and surgery would be useless, even though he did not have concrete evidence of such. Unbeknownst to us at the time, this was a "Godsend." Understand this, urologist believe surgery is the "gold standard" whether it be by his hands or with the help of a robot, radiologist believe radiation is the "gold standard" whether that be seed implants or IMRT (intensity modulated radiation) and unfortunately, the oncologist are essentially left out of the picture because there are no "drugs" to potentially CURE prostate cancer.
Because I was not satisfied with the only treatment option the urologist supported (hormone deprivation), I continued my search. That was when I found Proton therapy.
At the time my husband underwent Proton therapy at Loma Linda, Mr. Marckini's book was not published. Oh, how I wish it had been available when I first started my research. I actually read Mr. Marckini's book a couple of months ago, long after my husband's treatment was complete, treatment that his urologist neither understood or was happy about him receiving.
Here's the thing about Mr. Marckini's book and what sets it apart from all others and why I wish it would have been available at the beginning of my research. It is not only complete as far as information about what is available in the medical community for treatment of prostate cancer, but it is written in a down to earth style with humor and compassion so that every man and woman can understand it and identify with it. If you are not a nuclear scientist, a doctor or other scientist nor medically trained, you will probably not find the other books easy to read and at the very least they are dry. Mr. Marckini's book is for the common man and their wives. It puts a "human" face on the disease one in six men will face in their lifetime and helps the reader to understand that it's not only OK to discuss the many aspects of their disease and it's treatments, but it's healthy for them, especially when spiced with a little humor.
One more note. I take exception with DS Nash who wrote a July 7, 2007 review of Mr. Marckini's book, saying she laments that he did not cover robotic assisted surgery in his book and that it was "less invasive" and an "important" development. I believe she has missed the point. It's still surgery and with surgery all kinds of things can go wrong. One little bump of the robotic arm, for example, could cut through a man's urethea (which runs through the prostate) and/or the seminal vessles. She also laments no discussion of IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy), although Mr. Marckini does cover photon radiation of which IMRT is a type. Again, she misses the point. "Photon" radiation is all the same generally, whether it is through seed implants (Brachytherapy) or through IMRT.
Read Mr. Marckini's book before you do anything else about your diagnosis of prostate cancer. If you are a certain age, read it now before you become the one in six who will develop prostate cancer. It will help you immensely if you are diagnosed.
PS: My husband is doing very well. PSA at .01
July 15, 2008 | |
You MUST read this before deciding !
Having recently been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer, and being somewhat informational /analytical of mind, I jumped into the literature with both feet.......while my urologist tried to steer me towards surgery, I did not want it after a bad experience with heart surgery and MRSA last year, so was seeking a possible alternative approach when I discovered the option of Proton Treatment. What a ray of sunshine....... and Bob Marckini, a survivor and actual patient, wrote about it in a down to earth and candid manner that was just like sitting down with him and talking over coffee. I have since registered with the Shands Medical Center for an appointment. I have also had the pleasure of "talking" with the author several times via email and he was just as warm and promptly responsive as he was in the book. He documents everything actually leaving few questions to even the most inquisitive mind....... but his references offered via the BOB ( you have to read the book to understand !) were right on track. I contacted a nearby source at his suggestion and after a warm welcome and another candid "hand holding sesssion" of nearly 90 minutes my mind was made up..... no surgical approach for me while this non-invasive approach is available! This book is a MUST READ for your wife and for your children if you have prostate cancer and wonder about what to do. Good Luck to each of you and God Bless.
Ron Rosenwald
July 12, 2008 | |
Most easily understood book on prostate cancer
I have read quite a few prostate cancer books and this one is the most well-written and understandable books that I have found.
July 04, 2008 | |
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