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A New Agent That Might Change the Lives of Many Cancer Patients

Posted on October 16, 2011 by wngai

This is not only good news for all prostate cancer patients, but is also good news for all cancer patients. The investigational radiopharmaceutical radium-223 chloride (Alpharadin) has recently been shown to improve survival in patients with advanced prostate cancer and … Continue reading →

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FDA Approves the First Immunotherapy, Provenge, for Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Posted on May 9, 2010 by wngai

For men with advanced metastatic prostate cancer that did not respond to hormone therapy, there is a new hope for improved survival.  FDA has approved an immunotherapy sipuleucel-T (Provenge, Dendreon), for the treatment of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic, castration-resistant … Continue reading →

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