These and other books may be available for purchase online from the American Cancer Society  or from the Prostate Cancer Book Store,  a joint effort of WellnessBooks.com and Amazon.com.

ABC's of Prostate Cancer: The Book That Could Save Your Life.
Oesterling, Joseph E., Madison Books, Incorporated, 1997, ISBN#: 1-56833-097-9

Affirming the Darkness: An Extended Conversation about Living with Prostate Cancer. 
Wheeler, Chuck and Martha, Memoirs Unlimited, 1996, ISBN#: 1-889833-00-2

An Oncologist’s View of Prostate Cancer: Understanding the Facts, Sorting through the Options
Vijayakumar, Srinivasan, University of Chicago, 1999

Brother to Brother: You Don't Have to Die with Prostate Cancer. [Illustrated]
Walker, Thomas L., Eternal Gold Publishers, 1998, ISBN#: 0-9665465-0-4

Hit Below the Belt: Facing Up to Prostate Cancer
Berberich, F. Ralph, Celestial Arts, Toronto, 2004, ISBN#: 1-58761-077-9

Hormonal Therapy: Will It Benefit Me?
Kaltenbach, Donald F., Prostate Cancer Resource Network Inc., 1997.

How to Interpret Your Biopsy: And Other Lab Reports.
Kaltenbach, Donald F., Prostate Cancer Resource Network, Inc., 1996, ISBN#: 0-9651827-1-1

How I Survived Prostate Cancer…and So Can You
Lewis, James, Health Education Literary Publisher, Westbury, 1994

Living with Prostate Cancer: [Illustrated]
Newton, Audrey C., McClelland & Stewart Tundra Books, 1997, ISBN#: 0-7710-6779-8

Love, Sex & PSA: Living & Loving with Prostate Cancer. [Illustrated]
Hitchcox, Robert, TMC Press, 1997, ISBN#: 0-9659734-0-9

Man to Man: Surviving Prostate Cancer.
Korda, Michael, Random House, Incorporated, 1995, ISBN#: 0-679-44844-6

Me Too: A Doctor Survives Prostate Cancer.
Payne, James E., WRS Group, Incorporated, 1995, ISBN#: 1-56796-086-3

My Prostate and Me
Martin, William, Cadell & Davies, New York, 1994, ISBN#: 1-56977-888-4

New Guidelines for Surviving Prostate Cancer. [Illustrated]
Lewis, James, Jr. and Berger, E Roy, Health Education Literary Publisher, 1997, ISBN#: 1-883257-13-1

A Patient's Guide to Prostate Cancer: An Expert's Successful Treatment Strategies & Options
Garnick, Marc, NAL Dutton, 1996, ISBN#: 0-452-27455-9

Prostate Cancer
Kantoff, Philip, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996, ISBN#: 0-395-84549-1

The Prostate Cancer Answer Book: An Unbiased Guide to Treatment Choices
Morra, Marion and Potts, Eve, Avon Books, 1996, ISBN#: 0-380-78564-1

Prostate Cancer Detection & Cure. [Illustrated]
Durrani, A M., Swan Publishing Company, 1997, ISBN#: 0-943629-30-6

Prostate Cancer: A Doctor's Personal Triumph
Fine, Saralee and Robert, Paul S. Eriksson Publisher, 1999, ISBN#: 0-8397-6808-7

Prostate Cancer: A Family Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment & Survival
Marks, Sheldon.
Fisher Books, 1999, ISBN#: 1-55561-206-7

Prostate Cancer: A Non-Surgical Perspective
Wallner, Kent, SmartMedicine Press, 1996, ISBN#: 0-9648991-0-8

Prostate Cancer: Overcoming Denial with Action: A Guide to Screening, Treatment & Healing
Salowe, Allen E., Saint Martin's Press, 1998, ISBN#: 0-312-18159-0

Prostate Cancer: Questions & Answers. [Illustrated]
Buck, Colin, Merit Publishing International, Incorporated, 1995, ISBN#: 1-873413-85-8

Prostate Cancer: Resource for Patients &Their Families. 
American Cancer Society, Villard Books, 1999, ISBN#: 0-375-75319-2

Prostate Cancer: Treatment & Recovery.
Handy, Richard Y., Prometheus Books, 1996, ISBN#: 1-57392-074-6

A Revolutionary Approach to Prostate Cancer: Alternatives to Standard Treatment Options, Doctors & Survivors Share Their Stories. [Illustrated]
Pilgrim, Aubrey, Sterling House Publishers, 1998, ISBN#: 1-56315-086-7

The Prostate: A guide for Men and the Women Who Love Them
Walsh, P., Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1995, ISBN#: 0-8018-4989-6

The Prostate Cancer Sourcebook: How to Make Informed Treatment Choices.
Loo, Marcus H. and Betancourt, Marian, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated , 1998, ISBN#: 0-471-15927-1

Prostate Cancer: A Family Consultation. [Illustrated]
Kantoff, Philip. McConnell, Malcolm, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996, ISBN#: 0-395-71823-6

Prostate Cancer: A Guide for Men. [Illustrated]
Robertson, Cary N., Health InfoNet, Incorporated, 1996, ISBN#: 1-885274-27-0

Prostate Cancer: A Guide for Women and the Men They Love.
Wainrib, Barbara. Haber, Sandra. Maguire, Jack, Dell Publishing, 1996. ISBN#: 0-440-50640-9

Prostate Cancer: A Survivor's Guide. [Illustrated]
Kaltenbach, Donald F. Richards, Tim, Seneca House Press, 1996, ISBN#: 0-9640088-2-3

Prostate Cancer: What Every Man and His Family Needs to Know 
Bostwick, David (American Cancer Society), Villard Books, 1996, ISBN#: 0-679-77189-1

Recurrence: What Do I Do Now?
Kaltenbach, Donald F., Prostate Cancer Resource Network, Inc., 1995, ISBN#: 0-9651827-0-3

Seeds of Hope: A Physician’s Personal Triumph over Prostate Cancer
Dorso, Michael, Acorn Publishing, Battle Creek, 2000, ISBN#: 0-9678801-6-5

What Every Man Should Know about Seeding. [Illustrated]
Kaltenbach, Donald F., Prostate Cancer Resource Network, Inc., 1996. ISBN#: 0-9651827-2-X

Prostate Cancer: What I Found Out & What You Should Know.
Maddox, Robert L., Harold Shaw Publishers, 1997, ISBN#: 0-87788-566-4

PSA: How a Simple Blood Test Can Save Your Life.
Kaltenbach, Don, Prostate Cancer Resource Network, Inc., 1998, ISBN#: 0-9651827-5-4

What Can I Do? - My Husband Has Prostate Cancer.
Farmer, Beverly, Pathfinder Press , 1995, 0-9647936-0-1


Popular Press

Listed below is a selection of articles that have appeared in the various newspapers, magazines, newsletters, etc. along with summaries and online viewing links when possible. 
To obtain the full text of an article, you can contact the publication directly (many provide copies of articles for a fee) or consult your local public library.

Tom Alexander, "Still Watchfully Waiting", Fortune, May 13, 1996, p. 73.
A former Fortune writer whose approach to prostate cancer captivated readers reports on his progress.

Susan Brink, "Prostate Cancer: Kinder Cuts Mean Sharper Dilemmas", U.S. News & World Report, April 3, 2000, p. 58 

Prostate cancer treatment is in the midst of upheaval, as ripe with promise as it is riddled with uncertainty. The odds are getting better that men can be treated without losing their spirit and vitality

Marylin Chase, "Prostate Surgery Study Finds High Rate of Impotence", Wall Street Journal, Jan. 19, 2000, p. B2.
A year and a half after prostate cancer surgery, about six men in 10 were impotent and about 8% suffered from urinary incontinence, a new study has found.

Marc Garnick and William Fair, "Combating Prostate Cancer", Scientific American, Dec 1998, pp. 74-83
Recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer promise to extend survival time and improve the quality of life for many patients.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "New Cancer Cases Decreasing In U.S. As Deaths Do, Too; Drop Is First Since 1930's; But Minorities And Women Are Still Particularly At Risk - Black Men Fare Worst", New York Times, March 13, 1998, p. A1.

Andy Grove, "Taking On Prostate Cancer", Fortune, May 13, 1996, pp. 55-72 
To many men, the cure seems worse than the disease. Still most do as they're told. But when Intel's CEO discovered that he had a tumor, he began his own painstaking investigation into what would give him the best odds and fewest side-effects.

Donna Hanover, "Prostate Cancer: In It Together", Good Housekeeping, October, 1999, pp. 132-142.
Illness changes a marriage. But prostate cancer touches a relationship in unique ways. How do couples handle the medical uncertainties? And how do they keep their intimacy alive: A candid guide from those who've been there. (A Seattle Prostate Institute patient and his wife are featured in this article.)

Nancy Beth Jackson, "Navigating the Options for Prostate Cancer", New York Times, July 6, 1999, p. F2

Nancy Beth Jackson, "Radioactive 'Seeds' Check Cancers In Prostate", New York Times, Sept. 1, 1998, p. F7
PATIENTS with prostate cancer may be able to avoid radical surgery and subsequent incontinence and impotence with radioactive ''seeds,'' no bigger than grains of rice, that are strategically implanted in the prostate, says a Seattle doctor who has monitored 152 cancer patients over the last decade. The findings, published today in Cancer, the journal of the American Cancer Society, show that of patients undergoing the treatment -- both with and without additional external irradiation therapy -- 97, or 64 percent, remained
clinically and biochemically free of the disease at the 10-year mark.
 
Walter Leavy, "Why Prostate Cancer Is Picking On Black Men", Ebony, July 1999, p. 115
In recent years, more and more Black men have found that either they are having to deal with prostate cancer themselves or they know other Black men who are dealing with it, raising the question why the disease appears to target African-Americans.

Gary Logan, "Surgery or Seeds?", Modern Maturity, Sep/Oct 1998, pp.74-75 
New diagnostic and treatment techniques may put prostate cancer patients on firmer ground. Some of the new, less invasive therapies being used to screen and treat prostate cancer are discussed.

Alvin Poussaint, "Stigmas and Fear of Loss of Sex Life blamed for High Black Death Rate (Prostate Cancer). Ebony, April 1997, p. 116.
Black men are particularly susceptible to prostate cancer, and many fail to get treatment for this disease, which is often curable when caught early enough.


Medical Literature

Assistance with obtaining copies of these publications may be available through the medical library of your local hospital or directly from the relevant organizations.(see Helpful Resources) 

American Cancer Society, Sexuality & Cancer: For the Man Who Has Cancer, and His Partner, October 1995.

American Cancer Society, Prostate Cancer: Treatment Guidelines for Patients, June 1999.

D. Beyer, et al, "Biochemical Disease-Free Survival Following Iodine-125 Prostate Implantation", International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 1997, Vol. 37, pp. 359-363

J. Blasko, et al., Brachytherapy for Carcinoma of the Prostate: Techniques, Patient Selection, and Clinical Outcomes, Seminars in Radiation Oncology, 2002, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 81-94.


J. Blasko, The Future of Prostate Brachytherapy. Journal of Brachytherapy International, 2004, Vol. 17, pp. 255-257.

J. Blasko et al., The Role of External Beam Radiotherapy with I-125/Pd-103 Brachytherapy for Prostate Carcinoma, Radiotherapy & Oncology, 2000,Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 273-78.

J. Blasko, "Brachytherapy", Urology, 2000, Vol. 55, pp. 306-308

J. Blasko, et al., "Palladium-103 Brachytherapy for Prostate Carcinoma", International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 2000, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 839-850

M. Datttoli, et al, "Pd-103 Brachytherapy and External Beam Irradiation for Clinically Localized High Risk Prostatic Carcinoma", International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 1996, Vol. 35, pp. 875-879

P. Grimm, et al., Clinical Selection Issues for Permanent Seed Prostate Brachytherapy, Journal of Brachytherapy International, 2004, Vol. 17, pp. 143-152.

P. Grimm, 10-Year Biochemical (Prostate-Specific Antigen) Control of Prostate Cancer with 125-I Brachytherapy, International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 2004, Vol. 51, pp. 31-40.

P. Grimm, et al, "Transperineal Ultrasound Guided I-125/Pd-103 Brachytherapy for Early Stage Prostate Cancer: Update on Clinical Experience at Seven Years", (Abstract), International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 1997, Vol. 39 (Suppl.) p. 1008

G. Grado, et al, "Actuarial Disease-Free Survival after Prostate Cancer Brachytherapy Using Interactive Techniques with Biplane Ultrasound and Fluoroscopic Guidance", International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 1998, Vol. 42, pp. 289-298

G. Merrick, et al., Short-Term Sexual Function After Prostate Brachytherapy, International Journal of Cancer, 2004, Vol. 96, No. 5, pp. 313-9.

G. Merrick, et al., Five-Year Biochemical Outcome Following Permanent Interstitial Brachytherapy For Clinical T1-T3 Prostate Cancer, International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 2004, Vol. 51. No. 1, pp. 41-8.

H. Ragde, et al, "Brachytherapy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: Results at 7 and 8-Year Follow-Up", Seminars in Surgical Oncology, 1997, Vol. 13, 438-443

H. Ragde, et al, "Ten-Year Disease Free Survival After Transperineal Sonography-Guided Iodine-125 Brachytherapy With or Without 45-Gray External Beam Irradiation in the Treatment of Patients with Clinically Localized, Low to High Gleason Grade Prostate Carcinoma", Cancer, 1998, Vol. 83, pp. 989-1001

R. Stock, et al, "The Effect of Prognostic Factors on Therapeutic Outcome Following Transperineal Prostate Brachytherapy", Seminars in Surgical Oncology, 1997, Vol. 13, pp. 454-460

J. Sylvester, et al., Modern Prostate Brachytherapy, 2002, Oncology Issues, Vol. 17, pp. 34-39.

J. Sylvester, et al., Impact of Short-Course Androgen Ablation on the Biochemical Progression-Free Survival of High-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients Managed with Permanent Brachytherapy, Journal of Brachytherapy International, 2004, Vol. 17, pp. 173-180.

J. Sylvester, et al., Brachytherapy as Monotherapy. In: Kantoff P, Carroll PC, D'Amico AV, eds. Prostate Cancer: Principles and Practice. Philadelphia: Lippincot Williams & Wilkins, pp. 336-357, 2004.

J. Sylvester, et al., The role of Androgen Ablation in Patients with Biochemical or Local Failure After Definitive Radiation Therapy: A Survey of Practice Patterns of Urologists and Radiation Oncologists in the United States, 2004, Urology, Vol. 58 (Suppl 2A), pp. 65-70.

J. Sylvester, et al., Transperineal Permanent Brachytherapy for Local Recurrence Following External Beam Radiation for Early-Stage Prostate Cancer, Journal of Brachytherapy International, 2004, Vol. 17, pp. 181-188.

J. Sylvester, et al., 125-Iodine/103-Palladium Brachytherapy with or Without Neoadjuvant Brachytherapy for Early Stage Prostate Cancer (Abstract). International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 2000, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 310.

J. Sylvester, et al., Short-Course Androgen Ablation Combined with External-Beam Radiation Therapy and Low-Dose-Rate Permanent Brachytherapy in Early-Stage Prostate Cancer: A Matched Subset Analysis, 2000, Molecular Urology, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 155-60.

J. Sylvester, Urethral visualization during transrectal ultrasound guided interstitial implantation for early stage prostate cancer. In: Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL, 1998.

J. Sylvester, et al, "Interstitial Implantation Techniques in Prostate Cancer", Journal of Surgical Oncology, 1997, Vol. 66, pp. 65-75

K. Wallner, et al, "Tumor Control and Morbidity Following Transperineal Iodine 125 Implantation for Stage T1/T2 Prostatic Carcinoma", Journal of Clinical Oncology, 1996, Vol. 14, pp. 449-453

M. J. Friedrich, "Issues in Prostate Cancer Screening", JAMA, May 5, 1999, Vol 281, No. 17, p. 1573 
This article examines the various points of view with regard to usefulness of screening for prostate cancer.

C. Henderson, "Brachytherapy Produced High Cure Rate for "Low Risk" Prostate Cancer, Cancer Weekly, Nov. 15, 1999.
Researchers from St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston, MA, announced the results of a study which show that men afflicted with clinically localized prostate cancer have a 91 percent cure rate when treated 

C. Marwick, "ACS Sets Blueprint for Action Against Prostate Cancer in African Americans, JAMA (the Journal of the American Medical Association), Feb. 11, 1998, Vol. 279, No. 6, p. 418.
The American Cancer Society in conjunction with several African American national organizations have proposed key areas for increased funding in the fight against prostate cancer.

Curtis Mettlin, et al., "The National Cancer Dada Base report on Increased Use of Brachytherapy for the Treatment of Patients with Prostate Carcinoma in the U.S.", Cancer, Nov. 1, 1999, Vol. 86, No. 9, p. 1877

National Cancer Institute, What You Need to Know About Prostate Cancer, June 1996. 

J. Stanford et al., "Urinary and Sexual Function After Radical Prostatectomy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: The Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study", JAMA, January 19, 2000, Vol. 283, No. 3, pp. 254-62.  
This study measured changes in urinary and sexual function in men who had undergone radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer. The researchers observed that radical prostatectomy is associated with significant erectile dysfunction and some decline in urinary function. 



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