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Prostate Vaccine
Provenge, an experimental vaccine to treat advanced prostate cancer, "significantly prolonged" men's lives in a recent clinical trial, drugmaker Dendreon reports. The company did not reveal the results of the trial of 512 men, saying they would be given at a Urology conference in late April. These results are a follow-up to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's 2007 request to see long-term data on the safety and effectiveness of Provenge before final approval.
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Current Treatments for Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Most patients who have prostate cancer are diagnosed with early-stage disease that is localized to the prostate. These patients are able... Read more »
Prostate Cancer, Robotic Prostate Surgery & Erectile Dysfunction...
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FDA Approves Prostate Cancer Vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the prostate cancer vaccine Provenge. Provenge does not cure cancer, but it has been shown... Read more »
Measles virus may treat prostate cancer
A new animal study suggests that a strain of the measles virus may treat prostate cancer. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic found that a strain of the... Read more »
Provenge effective against prostate cancer
In a new study, the experimental cancer vaccine Provenge boosted the three-year survival of patients with advanced prostate cancer by 38 percent... Read more »
Prostate Cancer: Highlights
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Prostate Cancer Surgery
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