I Can't Believe I'm Telling You This. Prostate Cancer in the Age of the Internet

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Although many men have prostate cancer-a disease that occurs in two thirds of all men by the age of 80-there is a culture of silence among patients that stifles conversation about it. The complexities of the illness, the disease's location, and potential post-treatment side effects such as incontinence and erectile dysfunction have left them at a loss for words. But the Internet is changing that. In this program, three prostate cancer patients explain how they have used the Web to increase their understanding of the disease while pooling their knowledge and sharing their fears with fellow patients. If the barriers to beating prostate cancer are societal as well as scientific, then I Can't Believe I'm Telling You This offers a powerful injection of hope.