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THE KEY TO PROSTATE CANCER

Name: THE KEY TO PROSTATE CANCER
Author: Mark Scholz
ISBN: 978-0-9990652-1-1

30 EXPERTS EXPLAIN 15 STAGES OF PROSTATE CANCER

by Mark Scholz ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 30, 2018

A practical, comprehensive, and authoritative work.

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A treatment-selection guide for the savvy prostate cancer patient.

Editor and author Scholz’s (co-author: Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers, 2010) layman’s guide to prostate cancer aims to help men to understand the severity of their ailment and to create a “personalized treatment plan” in concert with their physicians. The author is the executive director of the Prostate Cancer Research Institute and a physician who’s treated prostate cancer for more than 20 years, and he’s joined by a large cohort of other oncology experts, each of whom contributes chapters that define and discuss the “basic components” of prostate cancer diagnosis (including PSA [prostate specific antigen] levels, a Gleason score, prostate scans, and body scans). The crux of the guide, the “Five Stages of Blue,” classifies newly diagnosed patients as either low-, intermediate-, or high-risk (Sky, Teal, or Azure, respectively) and veteran patients as either having a relapse (Indigo) or metastasis (Royal). Readers can skip ahead to the chapters that are most pertinent to their stage. The book’s overall goal is to allow men to make prudent treatment decisions—and, especially, to help them avoid potentially irrevocable damage to their quality of life due to unnecessary surgery or radiation treatment. Most prostate cancer patients are referred to surgeons (primarily urologists); according to author Ralph Blum, there are fewer than 20 oncologists who specialize exclusively in this type of cancer, so this guide is necessary and useful. The multiple experts successfully provide context in patient-friendly but not overly simplistic terms. The book’s pragmatic and systematic consideration of treatment options and risks will allow readers to make educated decisions. In short, the guide accomplishes what it set out to do: it “forewarn[s] and forearm[s]” patients about “industry biases” and “less-than-fully informed” physicians.

A practical, comprehensive, and authoritative work.

Pub Date: Jan. 30, 2018

ISBN: 978-0-9990652-1-1

Page Count: 492

Publisher: Prostate Oncology Specialists

Review Posted Online: Oct. 3, 2018

Review Program: Kirkus Indie

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GENERAL NONFICTION

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NUTCRACKER

by E.T.A. Hoffmann ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28, 1996

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This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)

Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996

ISBN: 0-15-100227-4

Page Count: 136

Publisher: Harcourt

Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996

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GENERAL NONFICTION

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TO THE ONE I LOVE THE BEST

EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF LADY MENDL (ELSIE DE WOLFE)

by Ludwig Bemelmans ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 23, 1955

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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.