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Does Hormone Therapy Increase Risk of Heart Attack?

Men with prostate cancer who are considering hormone therapy or who are already on hormone therapy may be encouraged by the results of a new study appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The meta-analysis found that hormone therapy did not increase the risk of cardiovascular deaths, plus it showed a lower risk… Continue Reading »


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Hormone Therapy and Blood Clot Risk for Prostate Cancer Patients

For men with prostate cancer who are being treated with hormone therapy, news of a potentially dangerous side effect of hormone therapy associated with their prostate cancer treatment suggests it’s time to talk to their doctor. A large study conducted by researchers at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center found that older men with prostate cancer who… Continue Reading »


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New Prostate Cancer Drug Alpharadin Improves Survival

It’s not often that the monitoring committee during a Phase III trial ends the study early because the drug has performed so well, but that’s what happened with the new prostate cancer drug, Alpharadin. The investigators report that men with metastatic, hormone-resistant prostate cancer lived a median of three months longer when taking Alpharadin.


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Prostate Cancer Drug Alpharadin Gets FDA Support

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it will fast-track the new prostate cancer drug Alpharadin. Fast-tracking a drug speeds up its approval process by around six months.


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Prostate Cancer Treatments Increase Risk of Death in Men with Heart Disease

Among men who have high-risk prostate cancer, the combination of hormone therapy and radiation therapy has been shown to improve overall survival. A new study, however, shows that hormone therapy may increase the risk of death in men with prostate cancer who also have pre-existing heart disease.


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