I have heard back that a number of people have contacted the call center at Dendreon (877-336-3736) and been told to call back at a later date for specific information about getting treatment. I have spoken with Dendreon and they have explained that they are working with the various infusion centers on mapping out specific [...]
Provenge has finally received the long awaited approval from the FDA!!! We all celebrate and look forward to benefiting from its potential to extend our life. Provenge is the first immunologic therapy ever approved in the United States to treat cancer. (In Russia, Antigenics has received approval for an immunological treatment for kidney cancer). The [...]
More news from the AACR Annual Meeting Cruciferous vegetables, we all know them and some of us love them. What we know is that they need to form a part of the standard prostate cancer diet, but some early research shows that a substance found in the them can make prostate cancer cells even more [...]
ABC News has posted a brief story about Provenge. Most of us hope that sometime this week the FDA will finally approve Provenge. To see the brief video interview about Provenge click here. Joel T Nowak, MA, MSW
There were many themes running through the recent American Association of Cancer Researchers (AACR) conference that I just attended in Washington D.C. One significant theme running through the conference was the need to develop personalized medicine to be able to successfully control cancer. This leads us to the question, What is personalized medicine? [...]