"There are at Least Half a Million Reasons-the number of prostate cancer diagnoses in the U.S. and Europe-To Read this Engaging Diary/Resource written from the alternating perspectives of doctor and patient ... Here's good advice based on the brave experiences of two compatible souls and medical mavericks."---Publishers weekly<BR><BR>"Prostate cancer, when it is the `favorable risk' variety-about 90% of the time-presents a perfect opportunity to use mainstream and alternative medicine together. In their Excellent Book, Authors Scholz and Blum Give a Compelling Demonstration of this Integrative Approach to Healing."-Andrew Weil, M.D. Director University of Arizona center for Integrative Medicine and Author of six New York Times Best Sellers Including Spontaneous Healing and Natural Health. Natural Medicine<BR><BR>"Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers is a Masterpieces of Eye-opening Science that promises to enhance the lives of thousands of men diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. I Give it my Highest Recommendation."---Christiane Northrup, MD, oe/Gyn Physician and Author of the new York Times Best Sellers Women's bodies, Women's Wisoom and the Wisdom of Menopause<BR><BR>"Ralph Blum's twenty-year prostate cancer journey shows men how to consider all alternatives in a thoughtful way. Dr. Mark Scholz's unique medical perspective provides the reassruring scientific support of a prostate oncologist. This Book is Essential Reading for any Man Newly Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer." ---Dean Ornish, MD. President Preventive Medicine Research Institute: Clinical Professor of Medicine University of California. San Francisco and Author of the Spectrum<BR><BR>"In an Informative and Entertaining manner, the authors present a uniquely two-sided perspective on prostate cancer. An Excellent Book for the Newly Diagnosed."---Tanya Dorff, Md, Assistant Professor of Medicine Use Regr School of Medicine Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center<BR><BR>"Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers is a Must Read for anyone who wants to get a glimpse of what the practice of future medicine needs to be."---T. Colin Campbell, PhD., Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry, Cornell University, And Coauthor of the China Study<BR><BR>"If Scholz and Blum do nothing more than change the way so many men think about their prostate cancer from `a deadly disease' to a `Low-Risk condition,' they will have served us well."---Larry Raithaus, MD. Urologist, Wilcox Memorial Hospital Kaual Rawall<BR><BR>Every Year Almost Two Hundred Thousand Confused and Frightened American Men are Tossed into a Prostate Cancer Cauldron Stirred by a sales force lobbying for a multibillion-dollar industry. In this flourishing business, the radical prostatectomy is still the most widely recommended treatment option. Yet according to a recent study, only one out of every forty-eight men undergoing radical treatment benefits with longer survival.<BR><BR>Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers Reports the Latest Thinking in Prostate Cancer Management: Low-Risk disease can be safely monitored with "active surveillance" and does not require immediate radical treatment. Intermediate-Risk disease requires either hormone therapy, radiation or surgery, with treatment selection based on quality-of-life considerations. And High-Risk prostate cancer is now being successfully treated with a combination of two or three therapies.<BR><BR>In a Unique Collaboration, Doctor and Patient Provide a New Perspective on Managing This Disease. Ralph Blum's surprisingly entertaining twenty-year journey and eventual decision to treat his cancer as a "chronic condition," together with Dr. Mark Scholz's presentation of the newest scientific advances, will liberate thousands of newly diagnosed men to pursue a noninvasive approach and thereby preserve normal sexual and urinary fuction.<BR><BR>Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers serves as a trustworthy and valuable guide for safely navigating the dangerous medical minefield of prostate cancer.