Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men.
More alarming still, prostate cancer incidence rates are about one third higher for African American men than white men, and African American men are twice as likely to die from prostate cancer as whites. Widespread disagreement and confusion in the medical community about prostate cancer screening, early detection guidelines, treatment options, side effects, and quality of life issues provided the impetus to drive men off the fence of health apathy and into a state of health consumerism. The Man to Man Prostate Cancer Education and Support Program was originally conceived by James Mullen, a prostate cancer survivor, in 1990. Mr. Mullen felt that he did not have enough accurate information to make the important decisions facing him at the time of his diagnosis. He found that men faced with this disease had an overwhelming desire to make informed choices about their treatment and to share their collective wisdom on how to live happy, fulfilling lives despite the intrusion of a myriad of unwelcome treatment side effects.