Curtisen Fails Prostate Cancer Patients

Curtisen Fails Prostate Cancer Patients

Back in October 2015, OncoGenx announced a phase 3 trial designed to evaluate whether the investigational treatment custirsen, when combined with cabazitaxel, improves survival in men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.

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ADT and Black Men

ADT and Black Men

ADT is frequently combined with radiation therapy for the treatment of men with intermediate- or high-risk prostate cancer. No evidence suggests that this treatment platform benefits patients with low- or favorable-risk disease.

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Jamming Prostate Cancer's On & Off Switch

Jamming Prostate Cancer's On & Off Switch

Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is also one of the leading causes of cancer death among men of all races.

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Is There A Blueprint For Prostate Cancer?

Is There A Blueprint For Prostate Cancer?

Cancer researchers have applied a comprehensive set of analytical tools to lethal cases of metastatic prostate cancer, yielding a detailed map of the complex networks of interactions among genes and proteins that enable prostate cancer cells to proliferate and evade treatment.

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Combating High Risk Prostate Cancer

Combating High Risk Prostate Cancer

Men with very high-risk prostate cancer, who are treated at hospitals with a high proportion of administered radical local treatment (radiotherapy or prostatectomy), only have half of the mortality risk of men who are treated at hospitals with the lowest proportion.

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Robotic Surgery Recommended For Obese Patients

Robotic Surgery Recommended For Obese Patients

Researchers examined records of 9,108 obese men who underwent radical prostatectomy (removal of the prostate gland and some surrounding tissue). Among all patients, 60.4 percent underwent robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy and 39.6 percent underwent open prostatectomy.

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New Treatment for Recurrent Prostate Cancer

New Treatment for Recurrent Prostate Cancer

The potential foundation for a next-generation therapy, called tetraaryl cyclobutane, or CB, is being studied as an option for prostate tumors that have grown resistant to current anti-androgen drugs, notably enzalutamide.

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