Rice Professor Tells of Battle Against Prostate Cancer

Contact: Philip Montgomery
Phone: (713) 831-4792

Rice Professor Tells of Battle Against Prostate Cancer

When Bill Martin, a Rice professor of sociology, learned through
a telephone call that he had prostate cancer his "abdomen felt like
it had gone into freefall."

To cope with his disease, he turned to his academic training and
began researching prostate cancer. He discovered that few personal
accounts of dealing with prostate cancer exist. So Martin decided to
convey his experiences to other men. The result is his new book My
Prostate and Me: Dealing with Prostate Cancer (Cadell & Davies,
1994).

Based on figures from the American Cancer Society, about 200,000
men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1994. Of those, 38,000
will die from the disease.

Martin, the author of four previous books, writes honestly and,
at times, humorously about his experience with prostate cancer.

The book also contains an afterword by Peter Scardino, M.D. and
chair of the Scott Department of Urology at Baylor College of
Medicine.

Martin has been on tour in the United States and Canada to
promote his new book and has been interviewed by more than 90 radio
and television stations.

To schedule an interview with Martin, please contact Philip
Montgomery in the Rice University News Office at (713) 831-4792.

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