The Clinical Trial for Abiraterone Acetate Has Been Unblinded Yielding Great News For Us All

Ortho Biotech & Development, a unit of Cougar Biotechnology, Inc. has unblinded their Phase 3 study of abiraterone acetate plus prednisone. In the trial the abiraterone was used for the treatment of men with metastatic advanced prostate cancer has progressed following treatment with one or two chemotherapy regimens at least one of which contained docetaxel. [...]

:( Taxotere Burn :(

The taxotere burn is not the hottest, latest dance sweeping the country, it is a little discussed complication that can strike a man while having chemotherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer. If the infusion equipment is not secured tightly or the vein not properly accessed and any of the taxotere is allowed to leak [...]

BRCA2 Mutation Indicates Shorter Survival in Men with Prostate Cancer

A study performed in the UK, reported in the British Journal Cancer (2010), showed that men who have a deleterious germ-line mutation in the breast cancer 2 (BRCA2) gene and who have prostate cancer do not survive as long as men with prostate cancer who are non-carriers. There have been earlier studies that have shown [...]

Advanced Prostate Cancer Teleconference Is Available On-Line

The recent teleconference I had with Dr. James Mckiernan about advanced prostate cancer is now available to listen to on-line. Many people have been asking how to hear the conference, now you can. Go to the navigation bar above On the blog) and click on the teleconference tab. To listen to the call click on [...]

Presidential Proclamation–National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

President Obama finally declares September as National Prostate Cancer Month A PROCLAMATION Although its mortality rate has steadily fallen in the last decade, prostate cancer is still the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men in the United States. This year alone, nearly 218,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and more than [...]

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