Posted on 06/02/2018 3:22:56 PM PDT by libh8er
Michael English, 72, was one of 258 men who took part in the trial.
He was first diagnosed in 2005, but radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormone-based therapies did not kill his cancer.
Two years ago, he was given the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab.
He said: "We were astonished when scans showed that the tumour had become undetectable.
"Today I'm effectively cancer-free."
He says he's now planning out the next 20 years of his life, not the next two.
Researcher Prof Johann de Bono told the BBC: "This is the first evidence that a subset of prostate cancer patients do spectacularly well on immunotherapy.
"We have several patients in the Marsden who have had a complete response.
"It is a new arrow in the quiver for men with lethal prostate cancer, it's a big deal for these patients."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
It was a reply to another post re: the color.
I have become a spokesman for yearly PSA tests for men. There is a lot of BS out there regarding the over use of PSA. I truly believe it saved my life having a PSA record that showed a rapid rise. That led me to have a biopsy (not fun) that diagnosed malignant adenocarcinoma in my prostate.
I tell men all the time to get a PSA and DRE every year. Don’t trust your insurance company to care about your health. If the is a significant rise from year to year, get a biopsy even if your doctor says you don’t need one.
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