Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan®) -Another Possible 2nd Line Chemotherapy for HRPC After Docetaxil Failure

Researchers, Nelius T, Klatte T, de Riese W, Haynes A, Filleur S. from the Department of Urology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX. studied the efficacy of cyclophosphamide (CP)-based metronomic chemotherapy in men who have docetaxel-resistant hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). […]

OBLIGATORY FATHER’S DAY POST

I have no clue why this didn't post on Father's day as I set it to. I am marginally annoyed by that. Better late than never, I suppose... I've been writing for this blog for some time now (according to my last post anyway) so I know when it's time for a certain daddy blogger [...]

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Malecare first to announce Jevtana Approval

Malecare , via Malecare's Advanced Disease Program Director Joel Nowak , is the first to break the following news: Hot off the press-   The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  has approved Sanofi-Aventis SA's new chemotherapy drug for advanced prostate cancer. The  drug, Jevtana (cabazitaxe) extended by nearly 2-1/2 months the lives of men with [...]

By |2010-06-17T15:00:25-04:00June 17th, 2010|Activism|0 Comments

The FDA Approves Jevtana (Cabazitaxe) For Use After Chemotherapy Failure

Hot off the press- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Sanofi-Aventis SA's new chemotherapy drug for advanced prostate cancer. The drug, Jevtana (cabazitaxe) extended by nearly 2-1/2 months the lives of men with prostate cancer tumors that resist standard treatment with hormones as well as chemotherapy. The drug will be used after [...]

The Question, When to Use A Treatment & What Drugs Should Be Combined?

The approval of Provenge has once again brought to the forefront the very important questions about the proper timing of treatments as well as the issue concerning how to combine therapies to maximize survival. We have, although there numbers are limited, different treatments that are used for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer, but we [...]

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