Prostate Cancer Immunotherapy With Provenge

The second leading cause of death behind cardiovascular disease within the broader spectrum of cancers is prostate cancer. It’s the second most common cancer among American men. About one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Many men diagnosed are treated with surgery or radiation, and many can be cured of their prostate cancer. But one in three have a recurrence of their cancer following their initial treatment. Once the cancer is acquired, it’s common to put men on hormone therapy. That’s the standard of care, and of men who start this hormone therapy about four and five eventually …read more