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Wealthy Advanced Prostate Cancer Men Live Longer

Men living in wealthier zip codes in the United States live longer with advanced prostate cancer than men in lower income zip codes. Creighton University, Omaha, NE researchers studied income levels and overall survival of men diagnosed with stage IV prostate cancer. Lead author Sabra Ahmed and his team looked at 50,639 men in the National Cancer Database diagnosed [...]

By Malecare|2017-10-19T10:45:51-04:00February 15th, 2017|Advanced Prostate Cancer, disparities, Disparities, End-Of-Life, Uncategorized|0 Comments

A Small Analysis of Abiraterone Responses in African American Men with Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer

Presented at ASCO GU by Stolten and colleagues was abstract 244 that described the responses African American men had to abiraterone (Zytiga) in a retrospective cohort study of men seen at a single institution. Stolten included differences in the men including their age at diagnosis, prior enzalutamide (Xtandi) and/or docetaxel (chemotherapy) use, as well as [...]

By Malecare|2020-02-04T10:22:29-05:00March 12th, 2016|abiraterone acetate, Advanced Prostate Cancer, Disease Progression, Disparities, disparities, Drugs & Treatments,