What are the fda approved drugs for prostate cancer?
ANSWER: Hi, So far, there are several drugs approved by FDA used in treatment of prostate cancer. They have different actions and purposes of use in different stages of prostate cancer. Below you will find a list with FDA approved prostate cancer drugs ranging from the latest to the "oldest": - Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) - used in patients with metastatic (late-stage) and/or castration-resistant prostate cancer, priorly treated with chemotherapy (docetaxel). - Jevtana (cabazitaxel) - used in advanced prostate cancer, or hormone-refractory cases, priorly treated with Docetaxel. - Degarelix for injection - used as gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor antagonist to treat patients with advanced prostate cancer. - Provenge - it is a vaccine created with the scope to train the patient's immune system to fight tumors. Although it is a "vaccine", however, it is made to treat the cancer disease and not to prevent it. Please enlighten us with other "uncovered" FDA approved drugs for prostate cancer. Dr.Alba
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