Your Template Here

Create an HTML page using whatever layout and sizing you like. Link to your own stylesheets for consistency with your main website. Then place the word [ minisite ] where you want our MiniSite to appear. Our system automatically inserts the latest content and serves it to your readers.

Navigation

When your navigation changes, you can log into our admin panel and upload a new template. Or, just use an iframe to share code from your main website. We don't stand between you and your regular web updates.

In addition to your standard site navigation, MiniSites are a great place to link to existing revenue drivers. You can create any connections you like between different areas of your site. MiniSites can offer gateways to:

  • Coupons
  • Directories
  • Mini-sites
  • Storefronts
  • And more!
header
Text size:    
 



What’s in an Ipilimumab?

A medical experiment strikes gold as doctors manage to eliminate two prostate tumors on what had been inoperable cancers

Ipilimumab. You might not know how to pronounce it, but this antibody might just cure prostate cancer, claim doctors at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Two men with advanced, inoperable prostate tumors are now cancer free thanks to a combination of standard and experimental treatments. The men underwent a common hormone therapy known as androgen ablation then participated in a trial of ipilimumab, an immunotherapeutic drug that blocks the activity of CTLA-4, thus sustaining immune responses to cancer cells.

In a few weeks’ time, both men had experienced enough tumor shrinkage that they could undergo surgery, where the researchers encountered something unexpected.

“The tumors had shrunk dramatically,” says Dr. Michael Blute, a Mayo urologist who operated on both men. “I had never seen anything like this before. I had a hard time finding the cancer.”

Dr. Blute and Dr. Eugene Kwon, the study’s leader, believe the treatment worked because ipilimumab builds upon the anti-tumor action of the androgen ablation hormones and creates a massive immune response, promoting cancer cell death. The trial was not meant to isolate ipilimumab’s effects but to learn if it could advance current treatment for the disease.

Doubters admit the results are notable but too small a sample for the disease to be claimed cured, warning against the potential for autoimmune diseases like colitis brought on by ipilimumab. Mayo has not released the number or results of other patients in the study, compounding nonbelievers’ reticence.

Dr. Derek Raghavan of the Cleveland Clinic’s Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, told WebMD.com that “it is way too early to get excited” because ipilimumab’s effects have not been isolated.

“We and others have shown remarkable responses after initial androgen ablation in this group of patients,” he says. “In this small, phase II study it is impossible to dissect out the impact of this … antibody.”

But Dr. Kwon says his team’s discovery is a landmark in cancer treatment.

“This is one of the holy grails in prostate cancer research,” he says. “We’ve been looking for this for years.”

Comments Date
Name:
Email:
Comments :
 
footer_logo

Advertisements

You can use the space around the MiniSite content to create multiple ad and sponsorship positions that you can customize to your market. In fact, you can create a premium sponsorship opportunity by inserting ads or custom navigation inside the MiniSite area using a special feature in our system.

If you use JavaScript tags for ad serving or site tracking, you can add them to your template, and manage your MiniSite pages with the same tools you use to manage the rest of your site.

Footer