What are the Clinical implications of Chemotherapy for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer Under the Age of 60 years?

Yesterday’s post was about the use of chemotherapy (with docetaxel) for the treatment of men with advanced prostate cancer who were 80 years old or older. Today’s post is about the use of chemotherapy in men 60 years or younger. The research for both of these posts was performed by the same team of scientists [...]

Anticoagulants May Increase Survival in Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer Taking Chemotherapy*

Over the past two to three years there have been some small studies that have indicated that the use of concomitant anticoagulants along with docetaxel (chemotherapy) may improve overall survival The most recent examination of this issue was performed by a team led by Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, MD, of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.  They [...]

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