Recommended Reading

The following selected papers and texts by members of the Foundation and others should be of interest to researchers and patients involved with prostate cancer:

By Members of the Foundation:

  • Ablin, R.J. and Mason, M.D. Metastasis of Prostate Cancer, Springer.  New York, NY, 2008
  • Ablin, R.J. An Appreciation and Realization of the Concept of Cryoimmunology, pp. 136-154. In Onik, G.M. et al. (Eds.): Percutaneous Prostate Cryoablation. Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., St. Louis, MO, 1995.
  • Whyard, T.C. and Ablin, R.J. A Tissue Type Transglutaminase in Human Seminal Plasma. Amer. J. Reprod. Immunol., 38:391-399, 1970.
  • Ablin, R.J. and Whyard, T.C. Immunological Implications of Select Bioactive Molecules in the Prostate with a Known and Unknown Target, pp. 149-172. In Farnsworth, W.E. and Ablin, R.J. (Eds.): The Prostate as an Endocrine Gland. CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1990.
  • Farnsworth, W.E. TRH: Mediator of Prolactin in the Prostate? Med. Hypoth., 41:450-454, 1993.
  • Ablin R.J., Soanes W.A., Bronson P., Witebsky E. Precipitating Antigens of the Normal Human Prostate. J. Reprod. Fertil., 22:573-574, 1970.
  • Guinan P.D., John T., Baumgartner G, Sundar B, Ablin R.J. Adjuvant Immunotherapy (BCG) in Stage D Prostate Cancer. Amer. J. Clin. Oncol., 5:65-68, 1982.
  • Soanes W.A., Ablin R.J., Gonder M.J. Remission of Metastatic Lesions Following Cryosurgery in Prostatic Cancer: Immunologic Considerations. J. Urol., 104:154-159, 1970.
  • Farnsworth, W.E. and Ablin, R.J. The Prostate as an Endocrine Gland. CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1990.
  • McNeal, J.E. Cancer Volume and Site of Origin of Adenocarcinoma in the Prostate: Relationship to Local and Distant Spread. Hum. Pathol., 23:258-266, 1992.
  • Onik, G.M., Rubinsky, B., Watson, G. and Ablin, R.J. Percutaneous Prostate Cryoablation. Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., St. Louis, MO, 1995.
  • Ablin R.J., Pfeiffer L, Gonder M.J., Soanes W.A. Precipitating Antibody in the Sera of Patients Treated Cryosurgically for Carcinoma of the Prostate. Exp. Med. Surg., 27:406-410, 1969.
  • Rotkin, I.D., Moses, V.K., Kaushal, D. et al. Groups of Variables Available for Prevention of Prostatic Cancer, pp. 9-25. In Ablin, R.J. (Ed.): Prostatic Cancer. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY, 1981.

    • By Others:

  • Catalona, W.J. Management of Cancer of the Prostate. N. Engl. J. Med., 331:996-1004, 1994.
  • Dugan, J.A., Bostick, D.G., Myers, R.P. et al. The Definition and Preoperative Prediction of Clinically Insignificant Prostate Cancer. J. Amer. Med. Assoc., 275:288-294, 1996.
  • Ohori, M., Wheller, T.M., Kattan, M.W. et al. Prognostic Significance of Positive Surgical Margins in Radical Prostatectomy Specimens. J. Urol., 154:1818-1824, 1995.
  • Shankey, T.V., Kallioniemi, O.P., Koslowski, J.H. et al. Consensus review of the Clinical Utility of DNA Content Cytometry in Prostate Cancer. Cytometry, 14:497, 1993.
  • Woolf, S.H. Screening for Prostate Cancer with Prostate-Specific Antigen. An Examination of the Evidence. N. Engl. J. Med., 333:1401-1405, 1995.

    • For the Patient:

  • Garnick, M.B. The Patient's Guide to Prostate Cancer: An Expert's Successful Treatment Strategies and Options. Penguin Books, New York, NY, 1996.
  • Lewis, Jr., J. How I Survived Prostate Cancer…and So Can You. A Guide for Diagnosing and Treating Prostate Cancer. Health Education Literary Publisher, Westbury, NY, 1994.
  • Lewis, Jr. J. and Berger, E.R. New Guidelines for Surviving Prostate Cancer. Health Education Literary Publisher, Westbury, NY, 1997.
  • Loo, M.H. and Betancourt, M. The Prostate Cancer Source Book: How to Make Informed Treatment Choices. John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, NY, 1998.
  • O'Hara, D., Schwartz, J. Support Group. SJDJ Inc., Box 472, Wappinger Falls, NY 12590, 1998.
  • Rous, S.N. The Prostate Book: Sound Advice on Symptoms and Treatment. Revised and Updated Edition. W.W. Norton & Co. Inc., New York, NY, 1994.
  • Wallner, K. Prostate Cancer: A Non-Surgical Perspective. SmartMedicine Press, Canaan, NY, 1996.
  • Whitney, C.A. 50 Things You Need to Know About the Prostate. St. Martin's Paperbacks, New York, NY, 1994.