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8. Sounds like Dendreon's FDA-approved treatment for prostate cancer

Sun Oct 18, 2015, 01:55 PM

Oct 2015

But they went bankrupt because the course treatment cost almost $100,000 and other companies developed vastly cheaper alternative drugs.

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L.A. area's Kite Pharma could score big with new cancer treatment [View all] proverbialwisdom Oct 2015 OP

That is really cool news. SO much new stuff going on now nt 7962 Oct 2015 #1

God, we can only hope packman Oct 2015 #2

Wow! n/t Little Tich Oct 2015 #3

This new cancer treatment sounds amazing. appalachiablue Oct 2015 #4

But how much will it cost? Only for the 1%? FormerRepublicanNow Oct 2015 #5

Yeah - the movie "Elysium" comes to mind. - n/t Galileo126 Oct 2015 #6

Sounds like Dendreon's FDA-approved treatment for prostate cancer Califonz Oct 2015 #8

no hill2016 Oct 2015 #9

Science man, science. The candle in the dark. IHateTheGOP Oct 2015 #10