OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation of a Phase 3 Trial in Men with Metastatic Prostate Cancer
BOTHELL, WA, and VANCOUVER, June 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) announced today the initiation of a Phase 3 registration trial of custirsen sodium (OGX-011/TV-1011), its lead product candidate being developed for the treatment of castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
Natural Prostate Cancer Treatment Options
What is prostate cancer? Before exploring some information of natural prostate cancer treatment options we have to define first what prostate cancer is. Prostate cancer is the growth of malignant cells in the prostate, walnut-size gland located just below the bladder in men, which produces about 30 percent of the fluid portion of semen.prostate cancer, is common: Men have a lifetime chance of between one in 10 and one in 13 of developing the disease. It is the most commonly diagnosed male cancer and the second leading cause of male cancer deaths. Indeed, autopsy studies have shown that 60 to 70 percent of all men who reach the age of 80 have at least some microscopic evidence of prostate cancer. Symptoms do not occur until the cancer has sp...
Dattoli Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatment Brachytherapy "Seed" Implant Featured in Television Broadcast
Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatment called, brachytherapy (seed implant) was demonstrated by Dr. Michael Dattoli, founder and physician-in-chief of the Dattoli Cancer Center & Brachytherapy Research Institute in Sarasota, in a TV broadcast from WBBH-TV NBC-2 from Fort Myers, FL on August 13, 2009. (link: http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=10926575)
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Pre-surgical Preparation and its Effect on Recovery After Prostate Cancer Surgery
Even though the prostate is notoriously difficult to remove, there are some things you can do beforehand to speed up recovery after prostate cancer surgery. Over the years, doctors have come to recommend these preparations more and more. If your doctor does not discuss these things with you, it is still important to ask about them.
Localized Online Marketing Campaign Serves to Raise Awareness of Prostate Cancer Treatment
Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia (RCOG) has begun to regionalize and geo target its online marketing campaign. RCOG is renowned for their ProstRcision prostate cancer procedure and having the highest documented prostate cancer cure rates in the world.
Metastatic Prostate Cancer: New Studies Indicate Improvement with PC Hope
Two new studies indicate that for men with prostate cancer, PC Hope is associated with significant improvements in quality of life, reductions in patients pain rating, and a decline in PSA levels without major side effects.
Prostate Cancer Symptoms
The prostate cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the prostate gland which is the part of male reproductive system. Prostate cancer symptoms might or might not manifest in a man suffering from this condition. Being a slow developing type of cancer, some men who have the disease might not even know that they have it.
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