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REVIEW – Statins Boost Abiraterone (Zytiga) Activity in Prostate Cancer

Another piece of information from the recent ASCO GU conference in San Francisco Researchers have found that adding statin drugs may prolong the sensitivity of abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) To assess the effect of statins on abiraterone therapy, Dr Harshman, of the Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology at Dana-Farber [...]

By |2017-10-19T10:46:40-04:00January 14th, 2016|abiraterone acetate, Advanced Prostate Cancer, ASCO, Drugs & Treatments, Research, statins, Survival, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Statins Are Not Necessarily The Best Alternative To Control Cholesterol & Prostate Cancer Progression

On April 8th I post on this blog an article called The Cholesterol In Your Diet Might Be Causing Your Prostate Cancer To Spread (http://advancedprostatecancer.net/?p=5156). Since I published this I have received some feedback, which has included people asking if they should take statins to control their cholesterol levels. Statin drugs do help control cholesterol [...]

By |2017-10-19T10:47:24-04:00April 10th, 2015|Advanced Prostate Cancer, cholesterol, Drugs & Treatments,