‘Very exciting treatment’: New advanced prostate cancer drug available in Canada
But he is sick, and according to his latest prostate-specific antigen test, his PSA count — an indicator of prostate cancer — is increasing.
“Unfortunately, my cancer has metastasized on my spine and there is no procedure to operate and remove part of my spine.”“Eventually the cancer cells learn to live under the influence of those treatments and they start to grow again,” said Dr. Ricardo Rendon, a urologic oncologist and Dalhousie University professor in the department of urology.Story continues below advertisement
“So instead of being a shotgun approach to treating cancer, it’s a missile directly to the prostate cancer cells,” Rendon said.
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