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Apalutamide Looking Good as Treatment for Non-Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer

Non-Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer (nmCRPC) usually leads to metastatic prostate cancer and death. There are no approved treatments for nmCRPC. Apalutamide is a taken-by-mouth androgen receptor inhibitor with antitumor activity in CRPC. There's a much talked and written about clinical trial called, SPARTAN, that investigated how well Apalutamide works on maintaining metastasis-free survival (MFS) [...]

By Malecare|2018-02-05T18:25:03-05:00February 7th, 2018|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Clinical Trials, Clinical Trials, Hormone Therapy, Research, Understanding APC|0 Comments

Olaparib – Effective for Certain Genetic Metastatic Prostate Cancer Strains

I have talked a lot about our need to take the next step in clinical care, understanding the best sequencing of our drugs. Since we have a number of new drugs to treat advanced prostate cancer we now need to better understand which drugs should be used in which men as well as their proper [...]

By Malecare|2017-10-19T10:46:43-04:00December 10th, 2015|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Chemo Therapy Failure, Clinical Trials, Clinical Trials & Research, Drugs & Treatments, Genetics and Geonomics, Inhibitors, olaparnib, PARP inhibitors, Uncategorized, United Kingdom - England, Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales|0 Comments

Soon To Launch in Dublin – GAP4 Clinical Trial of Exercise for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

Can exercise improve the quality of life of men with advanced prostate cancer and also extend their survival? To help answer this question a major new global trial known as GAP4 has been launched in Dublin, Ireland. The trial has a goal of recruiting 866 men from seven countries, including Ireland. The trial will be [...]

By Malecare|2017-10-19T10:46:43-04:00December 9th, 2015|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Clinical Trials, Clinical Trials & Research, Diet & Exercise, Diet, Exercise and Supplements, Disease Progression, Republic of Ireland, Uncategorized|4 Comments

Doing Away with Some of the Myths Surrounding Clinical Trials

Clinical trials are vital if we expect to continue to see improvements in the treatments and medications that are available. Unfortunately, there are some historical abuses in clinical trials so many people do approach them with a level of distrust. In contemporary times the clinical trial system has many safeguards that did not exist even [...]

By Malecare|2015-11-09T10:01:08-05:00November 9th, 2015|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Advocacy, Clinical Trials, Clinical Trials & Research, General Information, Uncategorized|0 Comments

NCI Opens New Trial – Understanding Genetic Similarities In Different Cancers

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced a new trial to evaluate genetic similarities in a variety of cancer types. I think that this is a great trial, which those of us who might qualify for it should think about participating. Increasingly we are thinking that to define (name) a cancer just upon the affected body [...]

By Malecare|2015-08-19T12:06:16-04:00August 19th, 2015|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Clinical Trials, Clinical Trials, Clinical Trials & Research, Uncategorized|0 Comments