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Prostate pill could save thousands

Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:46 pm
by Istik
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24 ... 77,00.html
AN experimental prostate cancer drug could adds years of life to men with advanced disease has been hailed by Australian experts.

The "once a day" pill, called abiraterone, has been found to shrink tumours and relieve pain in eight out of 10 men with aggressive and incurable prostate cancer
The side effects are that in 5 out of 10 men, it turned them into goats.

Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:21 pm
by swalmy
Better a goat then dead :P

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:23 pm
by asharin
swalmy wrote:Better a goat then dead :P
I was thinking the same thing lol