Grand Strand clinic leads fight against prostate cancer - WMBFNews ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) ? One Grand Strand clinic is leading the fight against prostate cancer, paving the way for four new treatments in just the last year.

The latest of those treatments was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in late April. It's called Zytiga and works to give patients with advanced prostate cancer a longer and better quality life.

"Remarkably what this once-a-day oral agent showed is prolongation of survival in men who had advanced prostate cancer," said Dr. Neal Shore, who runs the Carolina Urologic Research Center.

Dr. Shore says this new drug is just the tip of the iceberg in fighting the disease. He says the clinic has been instrumental in getting three other drugs a nod from the FDA as well.

People come from all over the country to get treatment here at Dr. Shore's Myrtle Beach office. They're people like 81-year-old Roy Ellis who's been living with prostate cancer for almost 20 years.

"I'm very optimistic and that's one reason I think that I've been able to carry on so long," said Ellis.

Ellis has tried a laundry-list of treatments and luckily, he's been able to control the cancer without experiencing much pain. He says ultimately, if the new drugs don't work, he's?still?glad to help with the new research.

"If it doesn't help me there's a lot of people involved in these studies and the conclusion of the study it might help somebody else," said Ellis.

Dr. Shore and his team say their clinic does research that rivals larger institutions like the Medical University of South Carolina and Duke University.

"We have now been approached by virtually every large company as well as the government in terms of looking at early stage trials. We have a proven track record which I'm very proud of and again I'm proud of the team," Dr. Shore said.

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