From: jlegg@neptune.phys.ufl.edu (Jeff Legg)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Immunotherapy for prostate cancer?
Date: 23 Dec 92 17:06:22 GMT
Organization: University of Florida Physics Department - CMT Group

In article <mdtaylor-181292134732@90.155.0.50> mdtaylor@apple.com (Mark Taylor) writes:
>My grandfather was diagnosed two years ago as having prostate cancer that
>had
>metastasized.  Since then, he has been able to control it through drugs.
>
>Over the past two months, his doctor has detected a rise in the levels of
>the indicator (antibodies in the bloodstream?) that his cancer has
>returned.
>He and I are both very worried about this development.
>
>My aunt, a psychiatrist, has mentioned to him that there might be some kind
>of immunotherapy that would be appropriate for him to try.  My grandfather
>has asked me to ask on NetNews where he might be able to find out more
>information about this.
>
>So does anyone have any information about immunotherapy for prostate
>cancer,
>or any pointers on where I could go to find out more?  Information about
>any
>other possible treatments would also be most welcome.
>
>Thanks very much,
>- Mark Taylor


You might try sending to the following for info on prostrate cancer. 
They send back phone numbers and article references of researchers.
Might be a good place to start.

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