You Have Cancer by Don Spears ... Domain Developers

Summary

You Have Cancer reveals how four best friends who grew up in the same neighborhood and went to the same schools and the same church suffered from the same dreaded disease at the same time. According to the National Cancer Institute, African-American males have the highest overall cancer incidence and death rates. By focusing on and calling attention to a disease that is a major killer of African-American males, we hope to make them aware of early cancer signs and to encourage them to make regular doctors visits.

We share our personal stories to uplift and inspire cancer patients and their caregivers and to show them coping and survival techniques. We also inform them of resources available.

We show them the power of prayer in their healing processes. You Have Cancer presents the poignant and often overwhelming experiences of real people. It shows how the lives of these men were suddenly and dramatically changed by one sentence, "You have cancer," and the fear, anxiety, anger, sorrow, and depression it caused in them and their families and friends.

You Have Cancer is one of a few resources and references available for African-American men who have cancer. It educates and informs them. It shows the patients and their caregivers the different paths these four men took in their fight against cancer. It makes both patient and caregivers laugh; it makes them cry. It scares them; it makes them rejoice. It encourages African-American men over 40 to visit their doctors. Hopefully, it is a book that African-American men read before it's too late.