Hey- John T. how do we get Dr. Scholz new book you mentioned August???

Got any more info on this, and do elaborate with the title on it too.  I probably am stealing your posting on this, but I am freakin excited as heck to read his book. I don't care what it costs, how do I get asap???

Here's a link from the publisher about the book:

http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781590513422

You can read some reviews on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Invasion-Prostate-Snatchers-Unnecessary-Treatment/dp/1590513428/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

I saw this odd quote in one of the reviews:

"Co-author Ralph Blum (an author noted for his work on Runes and UFOs) describes, early in the book, how his wife, using a gold-tipped needle, drained out negative energy from his prostate through a point on his ear. Now, who am I to say whether there is something to this? But it did make me wonder."

I trust there's some better advice in the book than ear-piercing to "drain out negative energy"! (That's not part of any active-surveilance protocal that I have ever heard of)

Hopefully, it does not -- at the same time -- cause people who need treatment to decline that treatment until its too late.

 

Thanks Tud I am ordering the book, if something inside were amiss it will be exposed and debated in alot of places.  

Thanks Purg-David for the publisher had this to say objectively, so as not (con) screw Dr. Scholz on his findings (LOL):

Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers is a report on the latest thinking in prostate cancer therapy: close monitoring–active surveillance rather than surgery or radiation–should be the initial treatment approach for many men. There are three stages of prostate cancer and this book will provide accurate information about how to distinguish between them: Low-Risk, which requires no immediate treatment; Intermediate-Risk, which will benefit from surgery, radiation, and/or hormonal therapy; and High-Risk, a type that does require immediate treatment with a combination of therapies...

 

I don't know anything about Ralph Blume, but I can absolutely verify that Dr Scholz is an expert on Prostate Cancer. He is an oncologist who was the former partner of Dr Stephen Strum. They both founded the Prostate Cancer Research Institute that is dedicated to the education of doctors and patients on all aspects of prostate cancer. Check out the website; it is full of published papers from the leading experts in PC on every aspect from diagnostic scanning to chemo.
Dr Scholz only treats prostate cancer and has an active patient list of 1300 patients that he is currently treating. He has treated tens of thousands of cases of PC and has seen just about every kind of PC there is. He also has his own research department directed by Dr Lam doing research in treatments for advanced prostate cancer. Both of them have published many papers on PC.
He is an absolute believer in having the patient educate himself. His office has two walls dedicated to about 100 published papers on PC zeroxed for his patients to take.
If anyone knows how PC works and manifests itself, he does. He diagnosed me in 5 minutes after 5 different doctors from UCI, UCLA, UCSF told me I had BPH for 10 years. One look at my 10 year history and he said you definatly have major Prostate Cancer because nothing else acts like that. It's either a large transition zone tumor that 13 biopsies misssed or it is lympnode matastatis; we just now have to determine which it is. He was right on. He explained all the testing he would do and recommended Color Doppler and Combidex which I had never heard of before and none of my other doctors ever mentioned to me.
JT

from Publishers Weekly via Barnes and Noble website:

"those who've faced any cancer crisis should also take heed--and heart--from cultural anthropologist Blum, who's lived with prostate cancer for two decades, and oncologist Scholz, an associate clinical professor at USC School of Medicine, who champions "testosterone inactivating pharmaceuticals" for early stage disease--these reduce levels of testosterone, which prostate cancer cells need to grow."

The quote is secondhand information, possibly out of context, but I'm wondering if Scholz favors ADT as first line therapy for low-risk patients? Guess I'll have to buy the book too.

Thanks for the clarification, John T. I was surprised when I saw that in the review. Maybe they are talking about Avodart/Proscar to block DHT instead of full-blown ADT3. Anyway, I look forward to reading the book.

Will be interesting to see what some of our HW experts think of the new book, when they can read it first hand. Hope some good info is shared.

Thanks Galileo- you have telescopic vision and the rest of the world wears bi-focals!
(that was discount humor, stolen from Paul Newman from Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid...I know every line almost in that movie, this one herein is quoted and spun alittle to custom fit). First attempt at the link I got a Gateway timed-out screen?

I hope the book has alot more than mentioning ADT as a choice before surgery and other treatments, heck that is old news and coined by Leibowitz long ago now. Rick K. I mentioned has done this for 15 years successfully, with clear biopsies just done. I asked him to post his story, he may update all his records and post it, hopefully.