Some Good News In England & Wales for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

The National Health Service cost regulators for England and Wales have recommended the use of Zytiga in the treatment of men with castrate resistant advanced prostate cancer. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published a final guidance endorsing Zytiga as an NHS treatment option for men with advanced, metastatic, castration resistant [...]

Failing Zytiga – Some Requirements to Access the MDV-3100 Early Access Trial

Many of us in the United States with advanced prostate cancer who have failed Zytiga are looking to enter the Early Access MDV-3100 Clinical Trial. However, you need to be aware that there are some requirements you will need to meet prior to starting MDV-3100. You will need to wait 30 days after stopping Zytiga [...]

FDA Approves the PHI Test to Screen for Prostate Cancer

Not in the normal realm of advanced prostate cancer, but important for the prostate cancer world is the news that the FDA has approved a new screening test for prostate cancer. The currently used screening tool, the PSA has only a 55% accuracy rate and as recently run into serious trouble with The U.S. Preventive [...]

Provenge and the Concern about a Rising PSA

There has been an on-going debate on the advanced prostate cancer on-line support group about the issue of the efficacy of Provenge in light of the expectation of a person's increasing PSA number while getting the treatment. For many men with advanced prostate cancer this is a reason they elect to pass on this treatment [...]

July, the Perfect Medical Storm

If you are contemplating any sort of medical procedure during the month of July, preceed with cauction. July is the perfect storm, a time in which many unnecessary medical mistakes are to be made, especia in hospitals. July is a time when part-timers, temporary workers and newbies, none of whom know how to work with [...]

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