
|Videos|March 30, 2011
Dr. Dreicer on Newer Prostate Therapy Survival Benefits
Author(s)Robert Dreicer, MD
Robert Dreicer, MD, from the Taussig Cancer Institute, Discusses How New Treatments Have Improved Survival
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Robert Dreicer, MD from the Taussig Cancer Institute, explains that the survival benefits observed for abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) and sipuleucel-T (Provenge) are both in the range of 4 months. Additionally, post docetaxel the agent cabazitaxel also improves survival. Since all of these agents improve survival the questions becomes how do you use them, should you combine, and in which population.
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