Pomegranate and Its Role In PSA Velocity

In 2005 there was a small clinical trial performed at UCLA evaluating pomegranate juice and its ability to control PSA for men with prostate cancer. The trial gave 8 oz. of POM Wonderful pomegranate juice each day in men with a rising PSA post treatment (recurrent advanced prostate cancer). This trial, which was funded by [...]

Status Update on the Budget and It’s Implications for Cancer Research

As of now, Congress and the Administration are at an impasse on FY 11 spending.  If no deal is reached by Friday, government operations will shut down.  This would impact cancer research and prevention programs in the following ways: *   Patient enrollment in clinical trials would be discontinued; *   No new grants would be awarded; [...]

New Phase 2 Trials For MDV3100 Begins & Another To Start Soon – On The Horizon

It was announced today that the first patient in the TERRAIN study received their first dose in the Phase 2 trial of the investigational drug MDV3100 . MDV3100 is a triple-acting oral androgen receptor antagonist that I have writing about as a drug “On The Horizon”. Triple-acting means that it blocks testosterone binding to the [...]

Study Shows that Six Months of Neoadjuvant ADT Significantly Reduces Mortality in Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer

Researchers from the Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group 96.01 trial study (TROG 96.01) concluded that six months of treatment with neoadjuvant androgen deprivation combined with radiation reduced the risk for disease-specific death by 49% in men with locally advanced prostate cancer. […]

The Latest on the Expanded Access Trial for Abiraterone- New Locations

ABIRATERONE EXPANDED ACCESS Trial Site Contact Info – 3/25/11 for men with advanced prostate cancer (800) 457-6399 M-F, 9am –5pm, EST TRIAL link: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01217697?term=abiraterone&recr=Open&rank=6 Basic Criteria: 1. testosterone less than 50 2. metastatic prostate cancer 3. no brain metastasis 4. failed chemo 5. no more than 2 different types of previous chemo […]

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