( MEMPHIS Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25...)GTx Announces Presentation of Ostarine and Acapodene Data at 2007,ASCO Annual Meeting,Health

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2007 - GTx, Inc., (NASDAQ: GTXI) announced today that data from the recent Phase II proof of concept clinical trial of Ostarine(TM) and from the ongoing Phase III clinical trial evaluating ACAPODENE(R) (toremifene citrate) 80 mg for the treatment of multiple side effects of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) will be presented at the upcoming 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology being held June 1 - 5 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

William J. Evans, PhD, Professor of Geriatrics, Physiology, and Nutrition at the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, will present the results of a Phase II proof of concept clinical trial evaluating the effects of Ostarine treatment on lean body mass and functional performance in 120 elderly males and postmenopausal females.

-- "Ostarine increases lean body mass and improves physical performance in healthy elderly subjects: Implications for cancer cachexia patients." Poster number: MM2. Abstract number: 9119.

-- Date and time: June 2, 2007 from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m.

-- Location: S Hall A2

Matthew R. Smith, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Lead Principal Investigator of the Phase III ADT clinical trial, will present results of an interim lipid analysis conducted in the first 197 men to complete one year of the trial.

-- "Effect of toremifene in lowering total cholesterol, LDL, and triglycerides and raising HDL in prostate cancer patients on androgen deprivation therapy." Poster number: G6. Abstract number: 5124.

-- Date and time: June 3, 2007 from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m.

-- Location: S Hall A2

S. Bruce Malkowicz, MD, Professor of Surgery at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, will present data detailing the prevalence at baseline of bone loss in patients participating
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