Data re-analysis shows drug finasteride reduces risk for most prostate cancers

NEW YORK (May 20, 2008) -- A re-analysis of data from the landmark Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) finds that finasteride reduces the risk for prostate cancer without boosting the odds of aggressive tumors. PCPT, which involved more than 18,000 men 55 years of age or over, was stopped e...

New data show benefit of finasteride in preventing prostate cancer

PHILADELPHIA A comprehensive re-evaluation of the largest prostate cancer prevention study ever completed produced new findings suggesting that men and their doctors should consider a more aggressive approach that includes finasteride to prevent the development of prostate cancer. A patholog...

Drinking Moderately or More Ups Men's Cancer Risk

...ar raises the risk for developing aggressive prostate cancer in men while undermining the effectiveness of the popular prostate cancer prevention drug finasteride (Proscar). Another study suggested that, among women, even moderate drinking might elevate risk for breast, liver and other cancers. The Canadian r...

Heavy Drinking Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer

...nds. The researchers did not set out to determine the effect of alcohol consumption on prostate cancer risk but rather to test the effectiveness of finasteride (Proscar, Propecia), a drug prescribed to prevent prostate cancer. And they found that heavy drinking reduces the cancer-preventing effect of finas...

News from Cancer

...of the drug finasteride. They found finasteride's ability to lower prostate cancer risk was blocked in men drinking Article: "Alcohol Consumption, finasteride and Prostate Cancer Risk: Results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial." Zhihong Gong, Alan R. Kristal, Jeannette M. Schenk, Catherine M. Tangen,...

Prostate Drug Appears Safer Than Thought

... finasteride does not cause more aggressive cancer, study conte...n't have to be so cautious in prescribing the drug finasteride to men at risk for prostate cancer, a new study su...hat men who developed prostate cancer while taking finasteride were 25 percent more likely to develop an aggressi...

Data Show Dutasteride Reduces Prostate Cancer Diagnosis in Men With Increased Risk

...utcome was closely watched because an earlier trial of a similar BPH drug - finasteride (Proscar) - produced controversial results with regard to the risk of more ... developed prostate cancer while on finasteride. An initial analysis of the finasteride data suggested that there was an increased risk for men to have prostate ca...

Drugs May Help Healthy Men Lower Prostate Cancer Risk

...sued new guidelines recommending that these men talk to their doctors about using a 5-alpha reductase inhibitors (5-ARI). These drugs -- which include finasteride (Propecia), used to treat male pattern baldness -- can reduce levels of dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a hormone that spurs prostate cancer development. ...

New Hair Loss Treatment with BOTOX

...rrently offers two distinct forms of hair loss treatments. There is the prescription medication route, which usually involves Minoxidil ( Rogaine ) or finasteride ( Propecia ) and can be a very cost-effective hair loss remedy. Rogaine, a solution applied directly to the scalp, slows down hair loss and in some ca...

Breakthrough Baldness Genetic Test

... Earlier intervention and treatment give patients the best chance of success, as the only FDA approved medications to combat hair loss - minoxidil and finasteride - are most effective at stabilising hair loss rather than stimulating re-growth." The test for male pattern baldness provides information on ...

Finasteride in Medical Technology

Is Your Hair Taking a Break?

... that could develop along the cheeks and jaw line." In some cases, other medications may be used off-label to treat female hair loss, including finasteride (which is FDA-approved for male-pattern hair loss) for women of non-childbearing age only, and the anti-androgens spironolactone and flutamide that wo...

Dendreon Presents Preclinical Data Demonstrating Activity of TRPM8 Agonist, D-3263, in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

... One week after initiation of BPH, either D-3263, finasteride (an inhibitor of the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase) or ... with TP-induced BPH who were treated with D-3263, finasteride or a combination of the two, had a significant red...e highest dose of D-3263 given in combination with finasteride resulted in lower prostate weights than either age...

Finasteride in Biological News

USP awards verified mark to Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Ltd. ingredients

...ys." USP will provide a special certificate to Dr. Reddys at the CPhI trade show in Milan on October 2. The certificate will recognize Ramipril and finasteride as the first drug substances to earn the USP verification mark for pharmaceutical ingredients. USP looks forward to partnering with regulatory and ...

Hair-growth drug artificially lowers PSA levels in prostate cancer screening, study finds

... PSA results. "It's not universally known that finasteride lowers PSA levels in younger men who take it for h...on by multiplying it times two for these men." finasteride was initially developed in the 1990s for the treat...ary tract infection. In 1997 the FDA approved finasteride for the treatment of male-pattern baldness. While ...

Finasteride in Biological Technology

SeqWright Expands into the Genetically-Targeted Therapy Field by Partnering with PharmaGenoma to Provide Next-Generation Hair Loss Treatment Genetic Testing

... the common hair loss treatment, Finasteride. finasteride is a commonly prescribed medication for the treatm...e for the loss of hair. However, due to potential finasteride side effects, along with variations in responsiven...this obstacle, HairDX developed a genetic test for finasteride response which will allow patients to determine if...

Finasteride in Biological Definition

Cancer

...omen by about 50%. Cis-retinoic acid also has been shown to reduce risk of second primary tumors among patients with primary head and neck cancer . finasteride , a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor , has been shown to lower the risk of prostate cancer. Other examples of drugs that show promise for chemoprevention i...