The latest from Jan Manarite of PCRI about the getting early access to Abiraterone for men with advanced prostate cancer and who have failed chemotherapy: Abiraterone expanded Access Trial Site Contact Info – 2/7/11 (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 3. no brain [...]
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Thinking out of the box, a new concept to fight cancer, including prostate cancer, has been developed. The strategy is simple, fight cancer with cancer! In a very small phase one trial researchers at the Rogosin Institute have taken encapsulated tumor cells from mice and made a bead from a seaweed-derived sugar called agarose. Then, [...]
From Jan Manarite: To all, Many of you who have advanced prostate cancer may have been watching a drug in development called Abiraterone Acetate. It is not yet FDA approved, but trials look very good, and side effects appear to be very few. Most common side effects are fluid retention (30.5%), and low potassium (17.1%). [...]