New York Urology, NY Urologist, Aaron Grotas MD, Brooklyn, Lawrence, NYC, Manhattan
 

new treatment for prostate cancer – 1st vaccine for prostate cancer Dr. Grotas 212844-8941

new treatment for prostate cancer - 1st vaccine for prostate cancer Dr. Grotas 212844-8941

April 29, 2010 —  This drug is for patients with metastatic or prostate cancer that has spread outside the prostate ( this is uncommon condition )  There are no great treatments for these patients but this therapy may help!

 click on drug name to see full article from new york times today…

In a widely anticipated announcement, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an immunotherapy, sipuleucel-T (Provenge, Dendreon), for the treatment of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

This entry was posted on Friday, April 30th, 2010 at 12:00 am and is filed under Uncategorized, cancer, male health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.