Unintended Consequences
by dsantore Prostate cancer patient Dana Jennings (who also happens to be a New York Times editor) has us thinking again about just what it means to be a man. Jennings, who was diagnosed earlier this year, is learning about the ironic, gendered side effects associated with his cancer treatment. According to Jennings, one of the drugs prescribed to him, Lupron, is a “testosterone suppressant, designed to starve hormone-dependent cancer cells of the fuel (testosterone) that they crave in...
