Barvarian Nordic (BN) released some outstanding news a few days ago. According to BN they hope to complete the enrollment in their phase 3, double blind, randomized, placebo controlled, international clinical trial of their cancer vaccine, Prostvac VF. The trial known as PROSPECT is scheduled to be completed with in the next 12 months, unless [...]
How often have I said that when you are diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer or when you experience a recurrence you need to move on to a specialist, a medical oncologist who specializes in the treatment of men with advanced prostate cancer? It is easier and more comfortable to stay with the known doctor, the [...]
GTx Inc. had a poster honored as one of the best posters at the 28th Annual European Association of Urology Congress held in Milan Italy March 15 2013. The poster presentation which had the very long title of “GTx-758 an ERa Agonist Reduces Serum Free Testosterone Lower than can be Achieved by Leuprolide with a [...]
The simple answer is NO, however it should change your treatment game plan. A member of one of my support groups who has been doing active surveillance for about 5 years recently reported that their current biopsy indicated that they now have perineural invasion (PNI). They did not understand what was the significance of [...]
So, you say that there is a magic bullet! A drug that will cure all types of cancer! Come on, lets get real, NO, it is not true, At Least Not Yet. I don’t usually comment on early stage (animal model) research because we simply are not rats, zebra fish, dogs or monkeys. This, I [...]