Can you take Zytiga after Provenge? This question is important for patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer. Combining or sequencing treatments is becoming much more standard in oncology, but we often do not have a lot of data to know what is a best practice. While great strides have been made in the treatment of prostate cancer,…
“The customer is always right” is a motto or slogan which exhorts service staff to give a high priority to customer satisfaction. It was popularised by pioneering and successful retailers such as Harry Gordon Selfridge, John Wanamaker and Marshall Field. But “the customer is always right” is sometimes wrong, as many companies have learned when disgruntled…
Men with metastatic prostate cancer who are considering different treatments may wonder how to pay for Xofigo. This latest prostate cancer treatment runs about $69,000. The complete course of therapy includes six injections that are given four weeks apart. This cost is for the drug itself and does not include other expenses such as visits…
When a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer and surgery is proposed as an option, the decision to move forward should be made only after the patient and his loved ones, along with his medical team, have fully evaluated all of the pros and cons, short-term and long-term side effects, postsurgical needs, and prognosis while…
Estrogen for prostate cancer treatment is not a new therapy, but researchers have suggested a different way to give the treatment: patches. Use of estrogen patches may prove to be a safer and more cost-effective way to administer hormone therapy for prostate cancer. How estrogen for prostate cancer treatment works Estrogen is one form of…
Men who elect to undergo robotic prostatectomy rather than the standard open prostatectomy or laparoscopic prostatectomy can expect the procedure to be significantly more costly but also safer. A study in the Journal of Urology notes that men who had robotic prostatectomy had a lower risk of needing a blood transfusion or dying, and enjoyed…
Cryosurgery (also known as cryoablation and cryotherapy) for prostate cancer, a procedure that delivers a gas to the tumor and freezes the cancer cells while limiting the damage to healthy tissue, is an effective treatment for men who have localized prostate cancer. That’s the conclusion of researchers at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk. The…
You might assume that, upon diagnosis of a malignant tumor, your immediate reaction would be to run screaming to the nearest clinic, demanding its immediate removal at any cost – and while historically, this reaction would be typical, this attitude is fast changing. As counter-intuitive as it may seem, up to 50% of men diagnosed…
A large, retrospective population study suggests that prostate cancer treatments that lower male sex hormones may increase the risk of colorectal cancer. Men treated with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists or surgical removal of their testicles (orchiectomy) to lower their testosterone and PSA levels experienced an increased risk of colorectal cancer of about 20 to 40…
In the urologic world, there is a longstanding bias that surgical removal of the prostate gland, or radical prostatectomy (RP), is the preferred treatment for prostate cancer (PCa). It is based in the outdated belief that all PCa is a) multifocal, and b) likely to spread beyond the gland if untreated. Thus, it seemed logical…
Taking Xofigo after Provenge could potentially be a treatment sequence for metastatic prostate cancer, after more research has been done. With all of the different clinical trials in castration resistant prostate cancer and the approval of multiple different different drugs, some patients might wonder if they can take Xofigo after Provenge. Unfortunately, there is not…
A new drug called Xofigo for late stage prostate cancer is marketed by Bayer. Xofigo is a novel radiopharmaceutical called radium-223 dichloride. This drug for late stage prostate cancer is for use in men whose cancer has spread to the bones but no other organs. The medication is for patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer, which…
Immunotherapy in prostate cancer is becoming more prevalent because the treatment options are limited for patients with castrate-resistant prostate cancer, especially for patients who have not responded to docetaxel (Taxotere) therapy. Impact of prostate cancer Prostate cancer is a disease of older men for the most part. Few cases are diagnosed before the age of…
Results of a four-year study show that men who took dutasteride (Avodart), a drug commonly prescribed for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), were less likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer. However, men taking dutasteride who did develop prostate cancer were more likely to have more deadly tumors—those with a high Gleason score—than men who took…
Provenge compared to Zytiga for treatment of metastatic prostate cancer has shown that both of these relatively new treatments can extend overall survival. This has led some men to ask whether they might be treated with both therapies. After all, combination treatment is a common approach for most cancers, including prostate cancer. Therefore, taking both…
Provenge life expectancy is something you will want to know about following treatment with Provenge just as you would with any medical treatment for prostate cancer. In 2011 in the United States, there were 240,890 new cases of prostate cancer and 33,720 deaths from the disease. Most men are diagnosed early with only localized disease. However, other men…
