 More than 1,200 men were promised a clean bed, three free square meals a day and free medical care if they were found to have prostate cancer.Hudson's early experience with seeing patients dying at a tuberculosis hospital he was working at led him to develop an interest in prostate cancer.His discovery about the lack of information regarding treatment for the disease and medical training for rectal exams needed to diagnose the disease drove him to pursue research in prostate cancer.