Health News from Medical News Today: Antifungal Drug Delays Need For Chemo In Advanced Prostate Cancer

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Antifungal Drug Delays Need For Chemo In Advanced Prostate Cancer 2 Jun 2011, 7:00 pm The oral antifungal drug itraconazole, most commonly used to treat nail fungus, may keep prostate cancer from worsening and delay the need for chemotherapy in men with advanced disease. Details of the finding, from a clinical trial led by Johns Hopkins experts, are scheduled for presentation on Saturday, June 4 at the 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting (abstract #4532). Currently, the drug is approved to treat fungal infections in nails and other organs... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.