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Prostate Cancer
Drugs For Prostate Cancer
abarelix
abiraterone acetate
bicalutamide
buserelin
cabazitaxel
capromab pendetide
cisplatin
cyclosporine
cyproterone tablet
cytarabine
daunorubicin
docetaxel
estradiol
estramustine
finasteride
flutamide
goserelin
histrelin acetate
leuprolide
nilutamide
sipuleucel-t suspension
triptorelin
triptorelin pamoate for injectable suspension
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Chemotherapy This is used for patients whose prostate cancer has spread outside of the prostate gland and for whom hormone therapy has failed. It is not expected to destroy all the cancer cells, but it may slow tumor growth and reduce pain. Chemotherapy is not recommended as a treatment for men with early prostate cancer. Chemotherapy uses anti-cancer drugs that are injected into a vein, injected into a muscle, or taken orally. These drug skill cancer cells, but they also damage some normal cells. Sometimes, hospitalization may be needed to monitor the treatment and to control its side effect.
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The big news in oncology has been Johnson and Johnson purchasing Cougar Biotechnology for $1 billion. They have just bought promising prostate cancer compound, abiraterone.
So look out for this oral drug.
Dr.Shroff
The data hasn't even been announced at ASCO yet, that's this weekend coming, so one can only speculate that suitors got a sneak peek of the data under an NDA. A billion dollars certainly gets attention and raises the ante for future small oncology biotech deals.