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Prostate Cancer Stimulates Nerve Growth ...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Prostate cancer can promote the growth of new nerves that are associated with more aggressive tumors, U.S. researchers report.
Source: HealthDay via Yahoo! News (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:02:23 GMT)
EIN News Introduces 'Prostate Cancer News Today'; Website Offers Information on...
/EIN News/ -- EIN News has announced the launch of a new health website providing in-depth news on prostate cancer.
Source: PR Newswire via Yahoo! News (Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:18:00 GMT)
Degarelix prostate cancer drug makes testosterone levels fall dramatically and...
More than 95 per cent of men who took degarelix for prostate cancer saw their testosterone levels fall dramatically as early as three days after they started treatment, according to a paper in the December issue of BJU International.
Source: News-Medical-Net (Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:20:50 GMT)
OGX-011 Shows Overall Survival Advantage In Prostate Cancer Compared To...
OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) today announced positive survival results from a randomized Phase 2 clinical trial of OGX-011 in combination with docetaxel and prednisone ("the OGX-011 arm") compared to docetaxel and prednisone alone ("the control arm") for first-line treatment of metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer. The current 10.
Source: Medical News Today (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:11:57 GMT)
HRPC) Patients With ... ...
A novel compound in development by AstraZeneca as an oral tablet for hormone resistant prostate cancer (HRPC), ZD4054, could improve overall survival (OS) in men with metastatic HRPC, according to Phase II data published today in European Urology.
Source: Phase II Study Shows That ZD4054 Could Improve Survival For Hormone Resistant Prostate Cancer Medical News Today (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:10:57 GMT)
Cell Genesys and Takeda Announce Termination of Collaboration Agreement for...
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & OSAKA, Japan----Cell Genesys, Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited , together with its wholly owned subsidiary Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, today announced that they have mutually agreed to suspend the further development of GVAX immunotherapy for prostate cancer and that Takeda has ended the collaboration agreement with Cell Genesys for the ...
Source: Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:30:00 GMT)
Isis Announces That OGX-011 Has Shown Overall Survival Advantage in Prostate...
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provided positive survival results from a randomized Phase 2 clinical trial of OGX-011 in combination with docetaxel and prednisone compared to docetaxel and prednisone alone for first-line treatment of metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer.
Source: PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:00:00 GMT)
Five Steps To Saving Lives And Improving Men's Experience Of Prostate Cancer By...
The Prostate Cancer Charity is launching a new strategy 'Transforming The Future For Prostate Cancer' - which it believes could reduce mortality rates by 30 per cent. The strategy, which will be unveiled at a special event next Monday (1 December), outlines ambitious goals and targets for vital changes the Charity believes are necessary to improve men's experience of prostate cancer by 2020.
Source: Medical News Today (Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:13:08 GMT)
Prostate cancer tumors promote nerve growth ...
Prostate cancer - and perhaps other cancers - promotes the growth of new nerves and the branching axons that carry their messages, a finding associated with more aggressive tumors, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in the first report of the phenomenon that appears today in the journal Clinical Cancer Research.
Source: News-Medical-Net (Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:51:22 GMT)
Max Clifford: If I hadn't had a simple blood test, I'd be dying of prostate...
Max Clifford believes he is one of the luckiest men on Earth. Just 12 months ago he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Now he has learned that the cancer is in remission.
Source: Daily Mail (Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:40:41 GMT)
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