Drug/vaccine combo experiment being tried on advanced prostate cancer

URO TODAY: An experiment that combines a standard advanced prostate cancer drug treatment with a vaccine to assist the immune system has just begun in the US. READ MORE> Looking to harness the body’s own immune system to target prostate cancer that has spread to the bones (metastatic) and is unresponsive to standard treatment, investigators [...]

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Culprit may have been found in spread of prostate cancer to bone tissue

IN-SCIENCES.ORG: Fucosylations – structures on the surface of prostate cancer cells – trigger prostate cancer cell adhesion inside a blood vessel wall in bone tissue, greatly increasing the prospect of prostate cancer cells metastasizing to bone.

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NZ docs too ‘scared’ to try some prostate cancer treatments with proven overseas records

JULY 10: PROSTABLOG NZ: “It’s sad that medical professionals in NZ are so scared of possible side effects from a treatment like Ketoconazole, that they refuse to even acknowledge it, even if it has been proven to be effective overseas.” These words were written today by Mary – a Kiwi whose partner has advanced prostate [...]

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PROSTATE TREATMENT: Aggressive spinal rebuild gives good result for some with bone metastates

JUNE 30: URO TODAY: In selected patients with prostate cancer metastases to the spine, aggressive surgical decompression and spinal reconstruction is a useful treatment option.

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PROSTATE HORMONE THERAPY: Measures needed against bone fracture, diabetes, heart risks

JUNE 16: URO TODAY: Preventive measures against adverse effects and careful assessment of a patient’s baseline health status should be considered when using androgen deprivation therapy, say researchers in Texas.

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PROSTATE RESEARCH: Human antibody cuts bone fracture in patients on hormone therapy

JUNE 13: CANCER CONSULTANTS.COM: Researchers report that treatment with human antibody denosumab significantly reduces the incidence of bone fracture in prostate cancer patients on androgen deprivation therapy.

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PROSTATE SAGA: NZ way behind US in basic treatments for prostate cancer

MAY 30: PROSTABLOG NZ: The partner of a NZ man with advancing prostate cancer says the public health system can’t test him for bone deterioration for at least year

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PROSTATE MANUAL: Dattoli book traverses cancer issues with impressive authority

May 22: PROSTABLOG NZ: Book Review: …excellent new book on prostate cancer just published by the Michael Dattoli and his colleagues in Florida – The Dattoli Blue Ribbon Prostate Cancer Solution: How to survive and thrive without surgery (February, 2009)

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PROSTATE DRUGS: Approval soon for drug to prevent bone fracture in cancer patients

MAY 14: MEMPHIS DAILY NEWS: Memphis company GTx expects to receive approval from the US Food and Drug Administration on Octopber 30 to begin selling a drug to prevent bone fractures in men undergoing hormone therapy to treat bone cancer.

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