“Therapeutic illusion” and prostate cancer care

In this week’s New England Journal of Medicine there is what your sitemaster considers to be a highly informative article on what is known as “therapeutic illusion” and its impact on clinical practice. … READ MORE …

Clinical and therapeutic histories of men who actually die of mCRPC

Despite all the prostate cancer research over the past 30 or so years, we still have limited information about the clinical and therapeutic history of prostate cancer in men who have progressive disease and go on to die of metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). … READ MORE …

Are “universal” cancer vaccines feasible and clinically effective?

The idea that we might be able to use a single therapeutic “vaccine” to treat patients with  many different types of cancer is not new … and has yet to be substantiated in any large clinical trial. However, … READ MORE …