Man to Man: Surviving Prostate Cancer - Couverture rigide

Korda, Michael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0316882976 ISBN 13 : 9780316882972

Editeur : Little, Brown & Company, 1997

Synopsis

In the autumn of 1994, Michaeal Korda was diagnosed as having prostate cancer. For several years he had been examined, tested and given medication, always with the assurance that everything was alright - until it wasn't. But the discovery of the actual cancer was only the beginning of his ordeal. This autobiography relates not only what he and his wife, Margaret, went through, but, more importantly, what they learned in the process. With frankness, Korda writes of overcoming incontinence and impotence, the truth about the various treatments, how tumours are graded and the reality of the "numbers". Switching between Korda's personal experiences - including the operation itself - and stories about doctors, patients and recovery groups, this book is informative, and above all, hopeful.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Korda is the editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster, as well as the author of an acclaimed book about his family, Charmed Lives, several successful novels, and the number-one bestseller Power. He lives with his wife, Margaret, in Dutchess County, New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Little, Brown & Company
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0316882976
• ISBN 13: 9780316882972
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 260
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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