| The new treatment for prostate cancer has been | | | | persuades the immune system of the body to battle |
| given an authorization by the Food and Drug | | | | against the tumor. This type of therapy is known as |
| Administration of the USA drug regulators have made | | | | immunotherapy. A comparable treatment for |
| the decision just recently. The new treatment | | | | malignancy is assumed to be along the way. |
| enables the human in battling prostrate cancer. The | | | | Provenge can be most helpful to patients who were |
| medicine is called Provenge which was developed to | | | | effectively treated by the regular forms of therapy. |
| fight prostate tumor in its later stages. | | | | According to the Chief Executive of The Prostate |
| The new drug costs around ninety three thousand | | | | Cancer Charity, John Neate, treating cancer by |
| dollars, it very expensive. The dosage intended for | | | | means of annoying reactions from the immune |
| every patient must be set in accordance with their | | | | system of the body was a clear center of attention |
| needs. The drug has not been considered to take the | | | | of study for several years and it is optimistic to see |
| place of some treatments that are already being | | | | the theory being interpreted into a new therapy for |
| used, but can be accessible along with some | | | | men. But he gave a warning of the tests ahead in |
| treatments. Trials have been confirmed that | | | | the use of such treatment: "The information that this |
| Provenge can give a patient with prostate cancer an | | | | kind of immunotherapy can offer extra survival |
| extra four months to live while chemotherapy can | | | | advantage is promising. On the other hand, this |
| give only three months in average. | | | | process of treatment can give multiple challenges. |
| Five hundred twelve men joined in the therapeutic | | | | These intricate processes require the removal of the |
| trials intended for the medicine established by | | | | immune cells of the patient from blood circulation and |
| Dendreon, a company created in early 90's by Dr. | | | | expose them to any protein which is found in most |
| Samuel Strober and also Dr. Edgar Engleman, both of | | | | prostate tumors, associated into a resistant |
| them are Stanford professors. The new treatment | | | | stimulating substance". |