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New cancer drug "most significant advance for 70 years"

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A new treatment for aggressive prostate cancer is being hailed by scientists as the most important breakthrough in the field for 70 years.

The drug, called Abiraterone, is believed to have the potential to treat up to 80% of patients with an advanced form of the disease, which critically is resistant to currently available chemotherapy: the drug's ingenious effectiveness comes by 'turning off' the hormones which fuel the cancer.

The Institute for Cancer Research hopes that a pill will be available in 2-3 years.
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21 responses // New cancer drug "most significant advance for 70 years"

  • This is great news...but that picture makes me want to puke. I hope this is the start of something good. Seems like there have been so many break throughs, but nothing that really does the job for the really bad cases. God, that pic is gross.
    Neghie
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  • I posted this same story 8 hours before your posting.

    http://current.com/items/89125146_drug_for_deadly_prost...
    unclepete
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  • It happens on this site alot, to me aswell; sorry, but there's no way that I could have known.

    I guess the important thing is that the story is getting recognised.
    rwylie
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  • this sounds like a great advance in prostate cancer research, but im curious what the side effects are....
    jvanauken
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  • Any body remember "I Am Legend"...double and quadrupple check first,trust me you have the funding.
    Blackfoot777
  • Finally something positive.
    damnneargenius
  • Something positive....but has anyone though about how expensive these pills will be?! Granted, you can't put a price on health, but that is American health cares job isn't it. The price of chemo is unreal...but if this drug is the only thing needed to cure certain prostate cancer then just think about it...
    boopscoop
  • uh hell ya you can put a price on health... thats why we buy insurance...

    and amazing stuff.. tho im skeptical (as always) b/c of many previous "breakthroughs" cited by the ppl that either made it or will profit from it and then just go ignored later b/c its deemed unprofitable or not plausible for human health
    kewal91
  • this is great prostate cancer runs in my family...and oh yeah it could help scientists in discovering advanced treatments for other types of cancers
    edenfiu
  • how many people will die in 2-3 years

    thats the sad part of the story
    clayjj05
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  • \Woop for prostate progress!
    subsequent
  • how can we get people that are sick NOW into the testing phase of this drug ?
    bionic_eye
  • advancements in the making are a step forward for in line for everything.
    SketchArwen
  • I don't trust anything that comes through the FDA and from big pharma. It costs over 1.5 billion (that's right billion) to get a substance approved for sale and 50% of those substances will be tken off the market within 10 years.
    There are many effective cancer treatments that already exist, and the FDA has run them out of the country. Noble scientists like Rife and Hoxie have well tested cures:
    http://www.rense.com/general31/rife.htm

    -but the healthcare industry is not some benevolent cure seeking industry, they are profit seeking. It is more profitable to treat side-effects over prolonged periods of time than it is to sure someone. Watch, "Hoxie: When Healing Becomes a Crime," to learn about just one of these alternative treatments that you may not have heard of thanks to the FDA:
    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=552832898454737...
    RyanBWylie

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