Weather: Hi 9°C / Lo 4°C
Drug offers new hope to prostate cancer patients
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Print
Email
Men suffering from prostate cancer are being offered new hope following trials on a new drug.
The preliminary trials have found that Abiraterone can reverse even the most aggressive types of the disease.
The drug could be successful in up to 80% of patients with a deadly form of the disease which is resistant to currently available chemotherapy.
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in Ireland, claiming around 500 lives every year.
Post a comment
Limit: 500 characters
View all comments that have been posted about this article
Offensive or abusive comments will be removed and your IP address logged and may be used to prevent further submissions. In submitting a comment to the site, you agree to be bound by BelfastTelegraph.co.uk's Terms of Use.
Posts submitted in UPPERCASE letters will be rejected.
.
