Thursday, August 16, 2012

Many Years Young: New pill helps prostate cancer patients live longer

(NBC News) A new drug helps men with advanced prostate cancer live longer, even after they have not been helped by other treatments, researchers reported Wednesday. The drug, called enzalutamide, is?a pill that tackles prostate tumors?from several different directions, interfering with molecular pathways that help them grow. It does not cause the nausea, hair loss and other side effects often associated with chemotherapy.

?This is extraordinarily significant,? says Dr. Howard Scher of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, who led the study.

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Source: http://www.manyyearsyoung.com/2012/08/new-pill-helps-prostate-cancer-patients.html

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