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  1. New Prostate Cancer Drugs Extend Lives, but Raise Costs ...

    [Jun 27, 2011] A group of new drugs is promising to prolong the lives and relieve the symptoms of men with advanced prostate cancer, but could also add billions of ...
    www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/health/28prostate.html
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  2. A new drug used to treat advanced prostate cancer may also help men if used early in the course of the disease, before an operation, researchers reported ...
    www.nytimes.com/2012/05/.../zytiga-a-prostate-cancer-drug...

  3. J&J drug shows promise in high-risk prostate cancer | Reuters

    [May 17, 2012] (Reuters) - Adding Johnson & Johnson's advanced prostate cancer drug, Zytiga, to hormone therapy before surgery has been shown for the first time to ...
    www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/us-cancer-jj-prostate... - Cached
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  4. A drug for advanced prostate cancer is likely to be approved for NHS use in England and Wales after the medical watchdog reversed an earlier decision ...
    www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18076137 - Cached
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  5. A drug approved to treat advanced prostate cancer appears to help men who have localized high-risk prostate cancer if given before surgery.
    www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=158286 - Cached
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  6. Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men in the United States and accounts for more than one-quarter of all men diagnosed with cancer each year.
    www.drugs.com/cancer-prostate.html - Cached
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  7. The drug, abiraterone or Zytiga, will be available for men with advanced prostate cancer who have tried other treatments, the National Institute for Health and ...
    www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Prostate-drug-u-turn-by-NICE.html
  8. Prostate cancer — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatments of this common cancer.
    www.mayoclinic.com/health/prostate-cancer/DS00043/...drugs - Cached
  9. An experimental drug from Germany's Bayer and Norwegian biotech Algeta that prolongs the lives of patients with advanced prostate cancer is a major step ...
    www.foxnews.com/...drug-major-new-player-in-prostate-cancer - Cached

  10. Prostate cancer: health watchdog reverses NHS guidance on drug

    [May 16, 2012] A drug to treat advanced prostate cancer should be given to patients on the NHS, a health watchdog has said. Abiraterone, marketed as Zytiga, can extend the lives of ...
    www.guardian.co.uk/.../16/prostate-cancer-nhs-drug-abiterone - Cached