Prostate Cancer And Agent Orange Is Not The Only Military Concern
Agent Orange is usually the first thing veterans with prostate cancer ask about. Indeed, way back in 1998, Malecare was an early advocate for men exposed to Agent Orange. Military veterans as well as [...]
Erleada- New Treatment for Non-Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer
Erleada (apalutamide) has just received FDA approval as a drug for treating men with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. The proper pronunciation is Er ( Errr), (Like Her without the h) ) (lee) (long [...]
Apalutamide Looking Good as Treatment for Non-Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer
Non-Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer (nmCRPC) usually leads to metastatic prostate cancer and death. There are no approved treatments for nmCRPC. Apalutamide is a taken-by-mouth androgen receptor inhibitor with antitumor activity in CRPC. There's a [...]
XTANDI (enzalutamide) plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) reduces developing metastases or death
Non-metastatic Castrate Resistant prostate cancer patients take note. The Phase 3 PROSPER trial in patients with non-metastatic (M0) Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC) showed that the use of XTANDI® (enzalutamide) plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) [...]
Metastatic Prostate Cancer – Bone Metastases Might Be Controled With Xofigo For Two or More Years
Metastatic Prostate Cancer suffers have good news. Xofigo, also known as Radium-223 (Ra-223), is a treatment for patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and symptomatic (you can feel them) bone metastases (mets). Early results of [...]
Prostate Cancer And Anger
Anger hurts prostate cancer treatment. I feel angry and I'm not going to take my pills or show up for IMRT session. The thing about prostate cancer is that you’re not told what [...]