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20-Apr-2009

PROVENGE Significantly Prolongs Survival In Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer In Pivotal Phase 3 IMPACT Study (Medical News Today)

Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers in Dallas, Texas announced that the pivotal Phase 3 IMPACT study of PROVENGE(R) (sipuleucel-T) in men with advanced prostate cancer met its primary endpoint of improving overall survival compared to a placebo control.

Hope for prostate cancer patients (BBC News)

A new strategy is being developed at the University of Leicester to help the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.

Author JG Ballard dies after battle with prostate cancer (The Herald)

Bestselling author JG Ballard died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. The award-winning novelist, widely acclaimed for books including Crash and Empire of the Sun, was 78.

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