Prostate News Archive
01-Jun-2008
New chemo drug may help treat prostate cancer (New Kerala)
Washington, May 31: Researchers from Oregon Health and Science University have found a new chemotherapy drug that may help treat prostate cancer. Society Of Urologic Oncology Meeting - Prostate Cancer II (Medical News Today)
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Howard Sandler argued for an integrated approach to prostate cancer beginning with radiotherapy (XRT). He described locally advanced CaP as cT3b disease with high Gleason score and PSA. One can't ask more of local control and thus a multimodal treatment plan is needed. He was not in favor of trying to cure these patients with a surgical approach. Protesters urge OK of prostate treatment (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
The controversy over the prostate cancer treatment Provenge came to a head in the Seattle area Friday, as about 15 people rallied at Westlake Center and outside the FDA offices in Bothell, urging the FDA to approve the therapy. Novel Chemo Drug Helps Treat Prostate Cancer (Science Daily)
Men with a certain type of prostate cancer have been shown to respond to a new chemotherapy drug, sagopilone, plus prednisone in an international trial. The research involved men with androgen-independent prostate cancer that has metastasized, meaning their cancer has spread beyond the prostate and is not longer responding to hormonal therapies.
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