There is an exciting new medication which was just recently approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration of the USA) on December 24th, 2008 for the treatment of advanced Prostate Cancer. This new medicine is known as Degarelix and it is made by a company known as Ferring Pharmaceuticals.
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Degarelix for the treatment of Prostate Cancer
February 13th, 2010 by RemwesMedical
Posted in Prostate Cancer, What's New 
Tags: Advanced Prostate Cancer, Bone metastasis, Bone Pain, Degarelix, Flare Reaction, FSH, GnRH, LH, LHRH agonists, Prostate Cancer 
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January 16th, 2010 by RemwesMedical
One of the most important factors in the care and treatment of any form of cancer, is to know how much of the cancer is present at the time when the cancer is first discovered. The way that doctors are able to know and communicate with each other about much cancer is present at the […]
Posted in Prostate Cancer Tags: Advanced Prostate Cancer, Back Pain, Prostate Cancer, PSA, PSA Level, Stage of Prostate Cancer No Comments »Abiraterone
January 9th, 2010 by RemwesMedical
There is new cancer drug known as Abiraterone which has so far produced very encouraging results in the treatment of advanced Prostate Cancer. Prostate cancer is a very frequent form of cancer in our society. Each year 680,000 men worldwide are diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and as many as 220,000 will die of this disease. […]
Posted in Prostate Cancer Tags: Abiraterone, Advanced Prostate Cancer, CYP17, Prostate Cancer, Testosterone No Comments »