Clinical Trial For Revlimid To Be Halted!
According to Bloomberg News Celgene Corp. said it will stop a study (Mainsail) of its blood-cancer pill Revlimid as a treatment for prostate cancer because the drug failed to help patients more than chemotherapy and [...]
XGEVA Delays The Onset Of Bone Metastases In Men With Non-Metastastic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer
Amgen announced that they have published the results from their Phase 3 trial (the '147 study) that evaluated XGEVA® (denosumab) for use in preventing or delaying the onset of bone metastases in men with non-metastatic [...]
Early Versus Delayed Use of Hormone Therapy- An Analysis For Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer
Initially, when first used by Huggins and Hodges hormone therapy (ADT) was recommended to be used early on in prostate cancer disease progression. Eventually, the Veterans Administration Cooperative Urology Research Group (VACURG) studies reversed this [...]
A Lethal Form Of Prostate Cancer Attacked By A Targeted Drug Already In Clinical Trials
In today's issue of Cancer Discovery a group of international researchers report that an investigational drug had a dramatic response in animal models of neuroendocrine prostate cancer, a lethal form of the disease. The researchers [...]
Congressional Men’s Health Caucus Starts The Prostate Cancer Task Force – Ask Your Member of Congress To Sign The Dear Colleague Letter
Several years ago we worked with members of Congress to promote a Congressional Men’s Health Caucus and we were successful. The Caucus has been active through the years on various health issues affecting men and [...]
Risk Of Suicide In Men With Prostate Cancer Could Be Lowered
The statistics are shocking; men with prostate cancer are twice as likely to commit suicide! Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden have devised a method to try and cut back [...]