Stand by her

by John W. Anderson

Every three minutes in the United States, a woman is told she has breast cancer. That translates into one in every eight American women -- or over 184,000 women in 2008. There are thousands of books, Web sites, and support groups available to help these women deal with every aspect of this devastating disease. But for men, there was really nothing at all for them to turn to, left to figure out how to help their wife, mother, sister, daughter, aunt, cousin, colleague, or friend -- and how to deal with their own fears and frustrations -- on their own. John W. Anderson had not four women in his life go through breast cancer -- his wife, his mom, his sister, and his mom’s best friend. It was then that he realized that all his experiences, combined with other men’s journeys through “Cancer Land” could be of help to other men facing their own journeys. So he wrote STAND BY HER: A Breast Cancer Guide for Men (AMACOM 2009) which offers strategies and support on the countless minefields men fac