Posted on May 31, 2018 by Sitemaster
The issue as to whether the new, so-called “right-to-try” legislation is a good idea or not is contentious and your sitemaster has no interest in getting into that discussion. What is a fact is that it has now been signed into law. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Drugs in development, Management, Treatment | Tagged: "right to try", access, bill, drug, investigational, law | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 17, 2017 by Sitemaster
As many of our readers may be aware, the “right to try” treatments using investigational new drugs outside of the clinical trials processes required by drug developers and overseen by the US Food and Drug Administration is a current “hot topic” on Capitol Hill. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Drugs in development, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: "right to try", investigational, Legislation, off-label, Treatment, unapproved | Leave a comment »
Posted on October 24, 2016 by Sitemaster
Posted on March 21, 2016 by Sitemaster
Yet another set of researchers have found yet another possible new drug that seems to have significant activity in management of prostate cancer — in mice! Whether it will have activity in men is a whole other question. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Drugs in development, Management | Tagged: active, drug, investigational, IPA-3, mice | 4 Comments »
Posted on August 27, 2015 by Sitemaster
Earlier this year (on March 29 to be precise) some of our readers may remember seeing a two-part 60 Minutes program about the use of a modified form of poliovirus in the successful treatment of some patients with deadly forms of brain cancer. … READ MORE …
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Posted on October 31, 2011 by Sitemaster
A new article by Antonarakis and Armstrong in full text on the Medscape web site reviews available information on a wide range of currently investigational agents for the treatment of metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), including … READ MORE …
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