Prostate Cancer News: Research and Therapeutics

2/16/2010 New Drug Offers Last-Ditch Prostate Cancer Option
Abiraterone can help men with advanced prostate cancer

1/26/2010 Alternative Prostate Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise
Vaccine helps advanced cancer patients live longer

1/4/2010 Experimental Drug May Help in Brain, Prostate Cancers
Study finds that imetelstat targets mechanism that allows cancer cells to divide

8/11/2009 New Bone-Building Drug Promising Against Prostate Cancer
Monoclonal antibody denosumab counters effects of hormone therapy, study finds

8/11/2009 Oral Drug Ups Survival in Advanced Prostate Cancer Cases
But no reduced death risk in patients with localized disease, research shows

6/24/2009 New Cancer Drug Fights Tumors in Those With BRCA Mutations
Olaparib prevents malignant cells from repairing themselves, researchers say

6/22/2009 Promising Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Experimental drug beat back inoperable cancer in two patients, study claims

6/20/2009 Painkillers May Be Good for the Prostate
Yet medical experts stress that men shouldn't take them with just this in mind

4/26/2009 Statins Guard Against Prostate Cancer
Other studies found they also reduced chances of erectile dysfunction

4/21/2009 A 'Smart Bomb' for Prostate Cancer?
Tested in mice, new chemo delivery system may increase accuracy, researchers say

4/20/2009 Science Makes Inroads Against Prostate, Other Cancers
In studies, an immune boost fights prostate tumors, and better drugs outwit brain, pancreatic  malignancies

4/14/2009 Prostate Cancer Vaccine May Improve Survival
Provenge may become first approved therapeutic vaccine for cancer

4/7/2009 New Prostate Cancer Drug May Hold Promise
Researchers apply for large-scale testing after 'very promising' early results

3/25/2009 Scientists ID New Biomarker for Prostate Cancer
Study finds cleaved galectin-3 may serve as treatment target against disease progression

1/7/2009 Heart Drug May Be a Cancer Fighter
Digoxin, used to treat heart failure, slowed cell growth, study says

12/3/2008 Prostate Cancer Stimulates Nerve Growth
And this phenomenon is tied to more aggressive disease, researchers say