Its day 19 since Xofigo production stopped. Malecare continues to dig deep, trying to learn when production might start up again. Meanwhile, How are you? Please email Joel at joel@malecare.org about how the Xofigo shutdown has affected your life.
It would be of great advantage to us if we were able to improve the early detection of responders to salvage external beam radiotherapy (RT) after failed radical prostatectomy (RP). Early detection would allow us to make earlier treatment decisions which should provide for better results. In an attempt to better improve our understanding of [...]
The good news for us is that the survival of men diagnosed with prostate cancer has improved over time. The current 10-year relative survival rate is 99.7%! However, the long survival of men who have prostate cancer raises questions about their risk of a second primary cancer and the need for continued surveillance. A very [...]
A recent announcement stated that Dendreon’s immunotherapy Provenge (sipuleucel-T) is too expensive to be used as a treatment for advanced prostate cancer under the National Health Service in England. In preliminary draft guidelines out this morning, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has rejected the drug’s use to treat men with metastatic prostate [...]
Men currently being treated with Xofigo should ask their doctors, today, “What should I do in light of the current shortage of Xofigo?” In our October 8, 2014 bog post, we cited data from the ALSYMPCA clinical trial for Xofigo, which was given to Malecare during an interview with Joseph Germino, MD, PhD, Vice President [...]