Images and Prostate

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Prostate Cancer

I have been dealing with Prostate Cancer for over 12 years using Alternative Therapies. I declined convention treatment, because of the possibility of undesirable side effects i.e. impotence, incontenence, etc. My success to date has been reasonably satisfactory, and I will continue to search for new protocols, and modalities that will keep me in remission, or at least stable, and reasonably healthy. I was 61 when I was first diagnosed, and I am now 73. I will be posting my entuire story on my "blog" for those who may be interested in how I accomplish what I have achieved.

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Major Prostate Cancer Breakthrough

Major prostate cancer break through New ground breaking research has shown that a drug could treat up to 80% of patients with aggressive and previously drug-resistant prostate cancer. The news is being hailed as the most significant advance in prostate cancer treatment in 60 years.The drug, abiraterone, works by blocking the key hormones that drive the growth of prostate cancer. In a clinical trial, the majority of advanced prostate cancer patients who received the drug experienced significant tumour shrinkage and dramatic falls in PSA levels.PSA (prostate specific antigen) is a protein produced by the cells lining the prostate gland. Anincreased PSA level is associated with various prostate diseases, including cancer."Clinical benefits included evidence of PSA falls and tumour shrinkage which was observed in 70-80% of patients," explained lead researcher, Dr Johann de Bono of the UK Institute of Cancer Research.He said that tumour shrinkage was determined by a reduction in the blood level of PSA and alsoby analysing CAT, MRI and bone scans.The patients taking part in the Phase 1 clinical trial have been monitored at the Royal Marsden Hospital in England for two-and-a-half years. With continued use of abiraterone, they were ableto control their disease with few side effects. Some were even able to stop taking morphine forthe relief of bone pain."These men have very aggressive prostate cancer which is exceptionally difficult to treat andalmost always proves to be fatal. We hope that abiraterone will eventually offer them real hope ofan effective way of managing their condition and prolonging their lives."It is envisioned that this drug will be available for general use from 2011 and we hope it can become widely available. In the interim, it is available through clinical trials only," Dr de Bono explained.Simon Bush (50) from London is one of the patients who took part in the Phase 1 trial. He explained that a year ago, he was in severe pain as a result of his prostate cancer, which had worsened and spread to his bones."Chemotherapy and other treatments had failed and news that I had very few treatment optionsavailable to me was devastating for my family. Fitness and travelling were always my main interests and abiraterone has allowed me to have a year so far of near normality," he said.All of the patients involved in the trial had an aggressive form of prostate cancer in which the tumour tissue is believed to be able to produce its own supply of the hormones which drive tumour growth.This form of the disease cannot be solely treated with currently available drugs.Abiraterone is now undergoing further clinical trials. It is being used in a 1,200 patient international study for the treatment of men with prostate cancer and is also being used to treat breast cancer in women through a Cancer Research UK funded trial.Details of this ground breaking research are published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.Over 1,300 new cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed in Ireland every year and over 500 mendie as a result of the disease annually. According to the Irish Cancer Society, one in 14 men living in Ireland will be diagnosed with disease during their lifetime
See related article at http://www.irishhealth.com/index.html?level=4&id=13926

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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

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