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New treatment option in trials..... What is this ?

 
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:05 am    Post subject: New treatment option in trials..... Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:23 am    Post subject: yes Reply with quote
I've been following the news about this drug over the past few months. Very promising. It's not yet a treatment option for most men, unless they can get into a trial.

If it pans out, this will be a useful therapy for men with advanced prostate cancer. I don't think you would want it if your cancer was still localized, since it works by being a very effective form of ADT, and ADT has serious long term side effects.

If I had advanced prostate cancer, I'd be pretty excited about this particular line of research.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:25 pm    Post subject: Re: New treatment option in trials..... Reply with quote
Hello Replicant

There's also some info at PubMed by searching "abiraterone AND prostate cancer AND 2008 [dp]" according to

Hopefully the trials work out well, and with minimum side effects. Could be a real breakthrough.

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:56 am    Post subject: Re: New treatment option in trials..... Reply with quote
Scientists say this drug might be the biggest discovery of latest 75 years. I hope trials will confirm.
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