Tag: abiraterone
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Europe Gives Nod to Prostate Cancer Pill Before Chemo
The European Medicines Agencys Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use CHMP has recommended extending the use of the prostate cancer pill abiraterone acetate Zytiga, Janssen to include men with advanced prostate cancer who fail on androgen-deprivation therapy.The drug is currently approved in Europe and the United States for these same men, but only as…