CareToLive Spokesperson Mike Kearney (VIDEO LINK)

Mr. Kearney has a horse in this race. He is genetically predisposed to prostate cancer having one uncle who died from it and another uncle currently undergoing brachytherapy. 1 in 6 men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime.

Click this link to go to blog on Dr. Noah Prostate and Video of DC Rally.

Three Lawmakers Give Terminal Cancer Patients Early Xmas Gift —Evelyn Pringles gives a good summary of the Provenge debacle. (click link)

To the Silly 66 and Company who dugg our blog, thanks for playing. Let’s make 2008 the Year of Provenge Approval. We wish everybody a Happy and Healthy New Year!

CareToLive is asking the public to help get to the bottom of the Provenge debacle by contacting their elected officials to ask for a congressional hearing, visiting the CareToLive website, digging our blogs, and joining in the battle. 30,000 American men will die each year (not to mention the rest of the world) without this safe and effective immunotherapy.

The FDA’s delay of Provenge was unprecedented in a terminal disease with an overwhelmingly positive panel that showed survival advantages, where no other options exist. Only one treatment for prostate cancer has been approved in 42 years.Send a clear message to Congress, the dysfunctional FDA, Wall Street, and the Chemo Cartel that we want this nontoxic immunotherapy approved NOW! More than 10 years of trials have shown it increases survival. Some men are alive as long as 6 years.

Congressmen Mike Michaud of Maine, Dan Burton of Indiana, and Tim Ryan of Ohio are calling for a congressional hearing into what happened. We must continue to be vigilant and to contact our representatives in the Congress to keep the pressure on, and to demand a congressional hearing.

CONGRESSIONAL LETTER ASKING FOR A HEARING  PDF (click here) Please fax this letter to your own congressional representatives and ask them to join this action. TIA

This link will take you right to a page to send a form to the committeeHere are the members of the Congressional subcommittee that would take up the investigation and institute a hearing. Please let them know that you want to get to the bottom of what went terribly wrong with the Provenge approval process. What about the conflicted naysayers and the “leakers”? What about the 18,000 men who have died since approval was delayed?

You may also use this link to contact Frank Pallone, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health also in charge of implementing hearings on the Provenge debacle. You may also fax them at 202-225-2525. Thanks.

Please also contact your local Congressional representatives. An Easy Way To Contact Your Elected Officials - (click here) EVERY VOICE COUNTS!

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Petition for the FDA to Reconsider the Failure to Approve Provenge (link)

Please tell the FDA what you really think about the delay of Provenge

Please Post Comments to Above Petition for FDA Reconsideration of Provenge

(click link)

Post any thoughts in support, or comments plus any attachments you would like to include that might help our cause. You may also mail a copy to: Lyle D. Jaffe, Division of Dockets Management, Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061 (HFA-305), Rockville, MD, 20852

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Tags: Brachytherapy, Care To Live, CareToLive, Dendreon, FDA, Immunotherapy, Prostate Cancer, provenge, Richard Pazdur, sloan kettering, taxotere

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