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Results of a systematic review including two large trials have confirmed that adding a drug called abiraterone to standard long-term hormone therapy helps men with prostate cancer that has spread to live longer. These results, from the STOPCaP study, were published this week in the European Journal of Cancer. Abiraterone is a type of hormone therapy currently licensed to treat prostate cancer that has spread and has stopped responding to standard hormone therapy. Both trials tested using it earlier, in men starting long-term standard hormone therapy for the first time. Overall, the results showed that adding abiraterone to standard hormone therapy reduced the risk of death by 38%. This means that after three years, 69 out of 100 men who received abiraterone were alive compared to 55 out of 100 men who just had standard hormone therapy. Abiraterone also reduces the risk of prostate cancer getting worse by 55%. This means that after three years, 58 out of 100 men who received abirater ...

For the purposes of the STAMPEDE trial, an online PSA doubling time value calculator has been linked to allow sites to calculate this PSA velocity easier. We hope with the linking of this calculator it will be easier for you to track a patient’s PSA record. For more details see the tools and training section here. ...