Using Zytiga Prior to Chemotherapy, Is It A Good Idea?

It is interesting that Dr. S. Meyers just produced a video on the issue of using the newly approved drug Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) prior to chemotherapy instead of post-chemotherapy. I find it interesting because like him, I have been receiving a number of questions about this same issue. […]

An Important Note for Residents of New York State -Ask Governor Cuomo to Sign the Oral Chemotherapy Equity Bill

There is some good news; the New York State Legislature has passed the Oral Chemotherapy Equity Bill. However, before this bill can become law we have to have Governor Cuomo sign it, we need all of our New York Residents to contact the governor and ask that he signs it. […]

Some Great News For Our European Brothers In Their Fight Against Advanced Prostate Cancer

Things are looking up for our European readers. It must be frustrating for people outside of the United States to read this blog and learn about the many advances we now have in the US which are not available to them. The good news is that Sanofi has just launched Jevtana (cabazitaxel) in the UK [...]

My Friend Fred

My very dear friend Fred who is a 20+ year prostate cancer warrior recorded this video. He has been on chemotherapy this past year. Fred is an activist who has been fighting on behalf of all of us. Thank you, Fred. I just thought I would share his video at: See my friend Fred Joel [...]

An Official Release of the Exciting Results of the Abiraterone Acetate (Zytiga) Trial

Today’s big news is about a media release made yesterday by Centocor Ortho Biotech with the official and final results of the Phase III clinical trial of abiraterone acetate (Zytiga™) plus prednisone vs. prednisone alone in men with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have already received at least one course of a docetaxel based [...]

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