Cancer pill gives hope.Byline: JILL PALMER A NEW drug could offer hope to men with prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. , scientists revealed yesterday. The one-a-day pill Casodex - bicalutamide - reduces the risk of the cancer progressing by half and cuts the chance of it spreading to the bone by a third, a study said. The new data, announced today in the Journal of Urology urology Medical specialty dealing with the urinary system and male reproductive organs. It traces its origin to medieval lithologists, itinerant healers who specialized in surgical removal of bladder stones. , follows the largest ever prostate cancer study undertaken, involving nearly 9,000 men in 23 countries. Dr William William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack See of the Early Prostate Cancer programme said: "Patients on Casodex show a significant reduction in the risk of their disease progressing." Dr Richard Sullivan of Cancer Research UK added: "The study has shown there is a drug which in some men will prevent progression of the disease." Ireland has the sixth worst rate of prostate cancer in the world - over 22 for every 100,000 men. There are 1,000 new cases diagnosed every year and it is the most common form of male cancer. |
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