Dendreon Corporation (Nasdaq: DNDN), the company that is testing Provenge a potential vaccine for prostate cancer, has started a second of two new Phase 2 trials. The multicenter trial, called ProACT (PROstate Active Cellular Therapy), is enrolling 120 men with metastatic, androgen independent prostate cancer. The trial protocol calls for all men to receive active [...]
In addition to the three cancers, I also have an arthritic condition. My rheumatologist has prescribed certain medications that require regular monitoring for liver damage, so every six weeks I go into the lab to have a complete blood panel along with my PSA. Included in the blood panel are also some kidney screens. One [...]
It's amazing how?I can look up?every so often?and realize that?I haven't written a post in over a week! The new job has me busy. My boy says I'm always busy, so it must be true. Other than being a certified member of the rat race all is well. Anyway, that's not what this post is [...]
I have to admit that cancer researchers are becoming very creative. There is a phase II clinical trial getting ready to start at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center which has a new twist. The treatment is based on injecting white blood cells called 'cancer killing' granulocytes from healthy donors into cancer survivors with [...]
I want to tell you about a man named Joel who started hormone therapy (ADT) and could not remember who he was, or were he lived. He was brought up in born in New York City and lived the majority of his life in the city. He never took taxis, but almost always relied on [...]