Prostate Cancer

Unfortunately, one of my friend's fathers was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. I learned that prostate cancer is a malignant mutation that begins in a small structure called the prostate gland, a part of the male reproductive system. Two of the major symptoms of prostate cancer are painful urination and lower back/abdominal pain. In the past, prostate cancer has been treated through radiation, surgery, medications, and frequent monitoring.

Luckily, for those unlucky few who suffer from prostate cancer, the FDA has approved a new treatment. It's a "chemotherapy drug Jevtana (cabazitaxel), developed by Sanofi-aventis, for use in combination with the steroid prednisone to treat men with prostate cancer." Jevtana was tested in a wide case study, and it proved to increase the life span of men more than other drugs like mitoxantrone. As with most other drugs, the newly released Jevtana does have side effects that include, "neutropenia, anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, diarrhea, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, constipation, asthenia, and renal failure."

[Source: http://www.pharmacist.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Pharmacy_News&template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=23628]