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Re: Dasatinib

Amador,
You can find the very latest writeups on different treatments through the PubMed.gov government site.

Here is the latest article.

Phase II study of dasatinib in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

part of conclusion:
Of 41 evaluable patients, 21 (51%) patients achieved > or =40% reduction in urinary N-telopeptide by week 12, with 33 (80%) achieving some level of reduction anytime on study. Of 15 patients with elevated urinary N-telopeptide at baseline, 8 (53%) normalized on study. Of 40 evaluable patients, 24 (60%) had reduction in bone alkaline phosphatase at week 12 and 25 (63%) achieved some reduction on study. Dasatinib was generally well tolerated and treatment-related adverse events were moderate.

In my words: Urinary N-telopeptide seems to be a marker like PSA for advanced metastatic cancer and it went down for 80% of the men getting the drug at some time during the trial.

It might add another few years to your life without bad side effects or it might not. Although I am not in your position yet I think that any extra treatments are good to try but if it is not working for you, get onto the next drug ASAP.

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