Prostate pill could save thousands

Istik · Unread post by **Istik** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:46 pm

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.

swalmy · Unread post by **swalmy** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:21 pm

Better a goat then dead

asharin · Unread post by **asharin** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:23 pm

swalmy wrote:Better a goat then dead

I was thinking the same thing lol