Clinical Trial Offers Personalized Treatment for Prostate Cancer

Patients with advanced prostate cancer at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport may need less treatment and experience fewer side effects through a new clinical trial that offers “personalized medicine” based on the specific biomarkers in their tumor.

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A customized approach

“Our new clinical trial is trying to see if men in this high-risk prostate cancer group need less therapy or more hormonal therapy,” said Christopher Iannuzzi, MD, radiation oncologist and principal investigator for the clinical trial. “We are trying to see if we can tailor the duration of treatment for these patients.”

Participating in the national trial gives patients the opportunity for less treatment and fewer side effects, said Dr. Ianuzzi. Additionally, it allows doctors to intensify treatment if the disease is aggressive to have better cure rates.

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