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). […]
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 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 [...]
As of today there are many different potential drugs undergoing phase III evaluations for men with advanced prostate cancer, some of them seem to offer great hope and promise. Considering we just had Provenge finally approved, this is great news. […]
Docetaxel is the first-line chemotherapy and the only approved chemotherapy for men with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). We all know that Docetaxel will stop working, so what do you do when this happens? […]