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I thought it was well worth posting a recent article from PCF and also other links from UroToday on the off chance they may add to the discussion, be of...

I thought it was well worth posting a recent article from PCF and also other lin...

•5 years ago

A 5 Year Study helping men make informed decisions about prostate cancer treatments completed...

Hello Wanderers, When we start this journey, there are decisions to be made regarding RP, radiation treatments and no one can accurately tell us the likelihood...

Hello Wanderers, When we start this journey, there are decisions to be made rega...

•5 years ago

‘The time to worry is now’: The coronavirus in China could threaten pharma’s ingredient sourcing - STAT - January 27, 2020

How's Tom Friedman's Flat World working out now? Not sure this would affect any drugs used by PCa patients, but it definitely bears watching. From the......

How's Tom Friedman's Flat World working out now? Not sure this would affect any ...

•5 years ago

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CLUE REPURPOSING: Dozens of non-oncology drugs can kill cancer cells - Interactive drug data search for all to use.

In looking into last week's press release in ScienceDaily about the joint effort by MIT and the Broad Institute on the re-purposing on non-oncology drugs for...

In looking into last week's press release in ScienceDaily about the joint effort...

•5 years ago

Sydney Morning Herald 26.1.20

An interesting article from SMH today. Not sure all the PC specialists would agree with the College of GPs though. See link in article to Guidelines for PC...

An interesting article from SMH today. Not sure all the PC specialists would ag...

•5 years ago

Inverse Regulation of DHT Synthesis Enzymes 5α-Reductase Types 1 & 2 by the Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cancer - Endocrinology, April 2017

This 2017 research paper describes the inverse enzyme conversion that takes place in the conversion of testosterone to DHT, which evolving research indicates...

This 2017 research paper describes the inverse enzyme conversion that takes plac...

•5 years ago

"Super Human" Red blood cells that can carry a payload and VISTA...a checkpoint inhibitor that puts the "brakes" on cancer immune response

Hello Fellow Sufferers, Recently, a Physicist figured out how to make "super human" red blood cells capable of carrying a payload around the body--a way to...

Hello Fellow Sufferers, Recently, a Physicist figured out how to make "super hum...

•5 years ago

Great Layman's Primer on T-cells and what "Checkpoint Inhibitors" are - from WIRED 10.22.2018

I found this article recently and it tells the story of how Jim Allison won the Nobel Prize for his ground-breaking research into the role and function of...

I found this article recently and it tells the story of how Jim Allison won the ...

•5 years ago

Immune Discovery 'may treat all cancer' - A potential new breaktrough in CRISPR T-cell Immunotherapy - BBC - 20 January 2020

A very long way from human application, but a possible major advance in CAR-T that would make it available to many more patients - and in lab tests it works on...

A very long way from human application, but a possible major advance in CAR-T th...

•5 years ago

FDA Grants Priority Review to Olaparib for HRR-Mutant mCRPC - Targeted Oncology - January 20, 2020

The FDA has granted a Priority Review to the New Drug Application for olaparib (Lynparza) as treatment for patients with metastatic castration-resistant...

The FDA has granted a Priority Review to the New Drug Application for olaparib (...

•5 years ago

Big Pharma Is Literally Poisoning Us - TruthDig Opinion Piece - Jan 17, 2020

From the opinion piece article (Do the author the service of following the links): "Big Pharma spends a small fortune every year buying politicians to make...

From the opinion piece article (Do the author the service of following the links...

•5 years ago

America is about to get a powerful tool in the war against cancer

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/17/america-is-about-to-get-a-powerful-tool-in-the-war-against-cancer.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/17/america-is-about-to-get-a-powerful-tool-in-the-w...

•5 years ago

A new study reveals how a clotting protein and blood platelets can promote cancer progression and suppress immune responses to cancer

I believe my amigo Nalakrats has stressed the importance of this and may weigh in on this one... Ohio State University researchers show how Thrombin, a...

I believe my amigo Nalakrats has stressed the importance of this and may weigh i...

•5 years ago

As if we don't already have enough causes of cancer . . .The FDA Announces Two More Antacid Recalls Due to Cancer Risk

WIRED - Science 01.10.2020 01:15 PM The FDA Announces Two More Antacid Recalls Due to Cancer Risk...

WIRED - Science 01.10.2020 01:15 PM The FDA Announces Two More Antacid Recalls D...

•5 years ago

Pelvic sling surgery

I had my prostate cancer surgery in May 18 and am still suffering from incontinence & overactive bladder. Meeting a urologist next week and am wondering if...

I had my prostate cancer surgery in May 18 and am still suffering from incontine...

•5 years ago

And now for the bad news....2020 is not a good year for us...

Hello all, I have listed a report released by ZERO, initially from the ACS and NCI epidemiology tracking--see below:......

Hello all, I have listed a report released by ZERO, initially from the ACS and N...

•5 years ago

The Medications That Change Who We Are - (i.e., Statins & Pain-Killers) - from BBC Future website

I'm working on a long post (maybe a series) about the relationship between cholesterol and PCa. With the recurring suggestion that PCa patients should consider...

I'm working on a long post (maybe a series) about the relationship between chole...

•5 years ago

Scientists develop "tumor on a chip" for testing cancer drugs, AND CRISPR-Cas 9 screens lead to largest dataset of targets in cancers

Scientists develop a "tumor on a chip" which is closest to being like a tumor in the body for testing efficacy of cancer drugs which may help determine drug...

Scientists develop a "tumor on a chip" which is closest to being like a tumor in...

•5 years ago

Does anyone feel cancer has made them wise?

•5 years ago

New strategies against bone metastases from prostate cancer - Science Daily

From the paper: There are two types of bone disease from metastases: lytic metastases, which destroy bone tissue, and blastic metastases, which build...

From the paper: There are two types of bone disease from metastases: lytic metas...

•5 years ago

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