Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery [Paperback]

Bradley Hennenfent (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2005

The niche bestseller "Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery" begins with the shooting of a urologist and includes a World War II Battle. The book exposes the big lie about radical prostate surgery, is filled with cartoons and simple diagrams, and is written for the average layperson in easy-to-understand style. "Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery" quotes Dr. Gary Onik, M.D., Cryosurgeon and Director of Surgical Imaging at Celebration Health Hospital, Celebration, Florida, who says: "I expect that within five years we will see the death of the radical prostatectomy as a treatment for prostate cancer." The author, Bradley Hennenfent, M.D., has seen five uncles suffer from prostate cancer and his book includes many uplifting stories about less harmful treatments than surgery. Dr. Hennenfent also explains the problem of lies, damn lies, and prostate cancer statistics. The adverse effects of surgery: impotence, sexual dysfunction, incontinence, and urethral strictures are explained in realistic fashion. "Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery" quotes oncologist Dr. Robert Leibowitz of Compassionate Oncology Medical Group, who says: "If radical prostatectomies worked, the data would be there. The reason the data is not there is because radical prostatectomies don't work." Dr. Leibowitz adds: "No prospective randomized trial has ever found radical prostatectomy to be both necessary and effective." Urologist W. Reid Pitts, Jr., M.D., FACS, wrote an outstanding letter-to-the-editor of the "Journal of Urology" lambasting the radical prostatectomy. When interviewed for "Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery," Dr. Pitts said: "Although I did the first ever nerve sparing radical prostatectomy at New York-Cornell Hospital, I've abandoned the radical prostatectomy for my prostate cancer patients. There is always a better treatment option." Dr. Hennenfent co-founded the Prostatitis Foundation (www.prostatitis.org). He also founded the Epididymitis Foundation (www.epididymitisfoundation.org), and the Acoustic Neuroma Foundation (www.acousticneuromafoundation.org). He previously published "The Prostatitis Syndromes." "Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery" quotes urologist Ronald Wheeler, M.D. of the Prostatitis and Prostate Cancer Center, who says: "In my opinion, prostatitis resolution holds the key to the future of prostate cancer resolution." “Two randomized, controlled studies suggest that 95% or more of all prostate cancer surgery done to date, has failed to extend the life of the patient,” says Dr. Bradley Hennenfent M.D., the book’s author. “Surgery should no longer be presented or advertised as a cure-all for prostate cancer,” says Dr. Hennenfent. “My book is all about the options to harmful surgery. “Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery,” details the harm done by surgery, while explaining the pros and cons of watchful waiting, active noninvasive therapy, radiation seed implants, three-dimensional radiation therapy, herbal medications, cryosurgery, and hormone blockade. The website for the book is: www.SurvivingProstateCancerWithoutSurgery.org.

Product Details

• Paperback: 334 pages
• Publisher: Roseville Books; 1 edition (January 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971745412
• ISBN-13: 978-0971745414
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #548,428 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #69 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Aging > Cancer > Prostate Disease

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery, May 9, 2005

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Aubrey Pilgrim - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery (Paperback)

Each year over 200,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and about 30,000 die from it each year. About the same number of women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. At one time, most women with breast cancer had the whole breast removed. Now most of them will have a Lumpectomy whereby only the cancer tumor is removed.

At one time when a man was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he was immediately urged to have surgery to remove the prostate. It
was the "Gold Standard". But more and more men are learning that today we have many other options.

The prostate and seminal vesicles manufactures almost all of the ejaculate. When the prostate is removed, a man's sex life will be changed forever. He may still be able to have an orgasm but it will not be the same. Many of the men will no longer be able to have a normal erection. Since the prostate is intimately connected to the bladder valve, it is often damaged. The man may be incontinent for the rest of his life.

Dr. Bradley Hennenfent describes some of the options that one may choose instead of surgery. I wish I had known these options in 1992 when I was encouraged by my urologist to have surgery.

Any cancer therapy will have some side effects. The alternate
options listed by Dr. Hennenfent will have fewer unpleasant ones.

I strongly recommend that any man who is diagnosed with prostate cancer to buy this book. It is a small price to pay in order to hold on to your prostate. I sorely miss my prostate.

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read book, January 11, 2005

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Attila Toth "MD. Associate Professor New York... - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery (Paperback)

Dr Hennenfent is a well-known name as a champion for all those who suffer with prostatitis or with prostate cancer. His tireless work during the last decades has helped to bring both diseases into the forefront of public awareness and media attention. In his book, SURIVIVING PROSTATE CANCER WITHOUT SURGERY, he calls attention to the surgeons' bias permeating the field of urology. Despite the paucity of double blind controlled studies to support the superiority of the surgical approach, a few published books written by influential surgeons dominate the field and are heavily biased toward surgical intervention. The author gives a balanced and critical review of the alternative therapies, watchful waiting, radiation or hormone therapies, that are just as affective, if not better than surgery. Unfortunately, these approaches lack glamour, media hype or financial rewards and therefore are woefully pushed aside.

This book is a badly needed wake up call to all patients with prostate cancer. All options should be considered before choosing surgery. There could be permanent changes in the quality of life following an overly zealous surgical procedure for a slow growing cancer that, if left alone ultimately may not even be the cause of death.

The book reads well. It's highly recommended for laymen and professionals alike.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book Ever Written on Diseases of the Prostate, January 16, 2005

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A.S. (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery (Paperback)

When you or someone you know receives a diagnosis of prostate cancer what won't be realized is not only will one battle have to be fought with the cancer but a second battle will also have to be fought against the very profession - the urologists that treat prostate cancer. You will learn the shocking truth that your interests of treating the cancer the best way possible and prolonging the quality of your life are not the interests of the urology profession. "Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery" investigates in careful detail the inner workings of the urology profession and how they will work against you. You will enter a world you couldn't possible imagine would exist in this day and age. Page after page will reveal shocking and startling details of the true nature of the urology profession. You will be angry to learn the practices of the urology profession possibly caused your cancer and of possible warning signs, which could have been easily treated medically, were ignored before your cancer developed. You will quickly realize that going to a urologist without reading this book is like trying to cross a busy highway blindfolded. The treatment offered by your urologist could be worse than the actual disease and might even contribute to the spread of your cancer and cause your death rather then prevent it. The information in this easy to understand book written for the average person will guide you in the right direction. You will learn of more effective treatments your urologist probably won't even tell you about. It will enable you to make your own decisions of what treatment is best for you so that you can survive prostate cancer without surgery and have the best quality of life possible. Don't be another victim. Reading this book will give you the knowledge to win both battles. You will beat the urologists at their own game! What you don't know can and will hurt you. "Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery" is a must read if you value your life or the life of someone close to you.