Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Prostate Cancer Drug Zytiga May Extend Life

Prostate Cancer Drug Zytiga May Extend Life







May 25, 2011 -- The newly approved prostate cancer pill Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) may extend life by up to four months in men with spreading cancer who have already been treated with chemotherapy, a study shows.
This survival gain "means quite a bit," says study researcher Howard I. Scher, MD, chief of the genitourinary oncology service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New

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