Prostate Cancer Meets The Proton Beam: A Patient's Experience (Paperback)

by Fuller Jones (Author)
Key Phrases: bragg peak, proton center, gleason score, Loma Linda, United States, Bob Marckini (more...)

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Proton Beam Therapy is an advanced cancer treatment based on the elegant physics of the proton. It is not well known, because there are currently only five hospitals in the U.S. that have the expensive and complex equipment to administer it. Protons have been used for cancer treatment in the U. S. since 1990 with success comparable to all other options, but with minimal side effects. Proton therapy is Medicare and FDA approved, and may be used for prostate and other non-metastasized cancers. The book explains how to deal with the shock of cancer diagnosis and become an empowered patient. It includes a synopsis of the major treatment alternatives, and a detailed description of proton beam therapy. Robert J. Marckini, author of "You Can Beat Prostate Cancer..." says Prostate Cancer Meets The Proton Beam is a nuts-and-bolts journal for the prostate cancer victim, as well as his spouse and family members. If you are a recently diagnosed patient, it will answer most of your questions."

Product Details

• Paperback: 174 pages
• Publisher: Fuller C. Jones (April 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0615192432
• ISBN-13: 978-0615192437
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #348,375 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Patient's Viewpoint, July 18, 2008

By	Chester Lane "truthteller" (Palmyra, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Having recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer, I went into the reading mode, buying 10 books from Amazon. Some are written by doctors, some by patients, and some by doctors who are patients. This particular book is written by a retired NASA space shuttle engineer who brought his excellent writing skills and systems analysis skills to researching the options in treating his own prostate cancer diagnosis. Let me say that the information on prostate cancer treatment is vast, confusing, complicated, and contradictory. There is no One Answer as to what do with your particular disease. What Mr. Jones does in this book is to explain how he navigated all this data, and how he came to the conclusion that the best option for him was proton beam radiation therapy. He then goes on to describe what it is like to undergo that treatment at Loma Linda University, the Mecca of proton beam cancer treatment. Mr. Jones' book, along with Robert Marckini's "You Can Beat Prostate Cancer - And You Don't Need Surgery to Do It" will open the eyes of a new prostate cancer patient to a glorious new alternative that your urologist is unlikely to tell you about. This is the best $15 you can spend on this subject.