Medivation, Inc. (MDVN) announced that its on-going clinical trial (phase I & II) of MDV3100 in castrate resistant prostate cancer has demonstrated both efficacy and safety in its current trials. The drug under study, MDV3100, is novel androgen receptor antagonist. This trial tracked 114 prostate cancer survivors who are hormone resistant (CRPC) for 12 weeks [...]
We all do know that being a cancer survivor means that you are at an increased risk to suffer serious psychological distress such as anxiety and depression The surprise is that this increased susceptibility can extend even a decade after the treatment ends. Survivors who are diagnosed in their younger years, unmarried, had less than [...]
As we all have probably have heard Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut announced that he had prostate cancer. According to his announcement he had a biopsy as a result of a blood test. We can only assume that the test referred to was a PSA test. The announcement also indicated that the cancer was [...]
Many of us go off to the grocery store and willing spend much more money for organically grown food thinking that the nutritional value of this food will be better. A recent review of the literature calls this assumption into question. The study published July 29 in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition says there [...]
The word “cancer” still makes most people run for cover and shrink in terror, despite the fact that there are so many cancer survivors. This word cancer remains so emotionally laden that many of the most compassionate people I know still struggle not to overtly shrink and hide from us survivors. People feel awkward and [...]