Posted on December 19, 2018 by Sitemaster
A paper in the journal Oncotarget has suggested that patients who have progressed on treatment with enzalutamide (Xtandi) may be good candidates for treatment with one of the checkpoint inhibitors like pembrolizumab (Keytruda), nivolumab (Opdivo), or even ipilimumab (Yervoy). … READ MORE …
Filed under: Drugs in development, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: castration-resistant, checkpoiny, CRPC, enzalutamide, inhibitor, resistant | Leave a comment »
Posted on March 22, 2013 by Sitemaster
A new article on the Medscape Oncology web site (and again correlated with a media release sent out by the European Association for Urology [EAU] from their annual meeting in Milan, Italy) is headed “Prostate cancer vaccine shows promise.” However, the degree of that “promise” appears to be open to some question. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Drugs in development, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management | Tagged: castration, dexamethasone, multi-peptide, outcome, PSA, resistant, trial, vaccine | 7 Comments »
Posted on August 5, 2008 by Sitemaster
So after a few days becalmed in a world of minimal prostate cancer news … we have a fine controversy to revisit and some other interesting titbits to gnaw on … … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Treatment | Tagged: cancer, castration, hormone, LUTS, metastasis, news, nomogram, outcomes, prostate, prostatectomy, radical, refractory, resistant, screening, survival, update | Leave a comment »