Prostate Cancer: From Inoperable to Cancer Free

From the Mayo clinic's Discovery's Edge: Prostate Cancer: From Inoperable to Cancer Free.

Mayo investigators studying immunotherapy for aggressive prostate cancer have found a combination therapy that has dramatically reduced tumor size to make surgery possible. The findings are preliminary — only two cases thus far — but the results are significant for future research.

Cool.  In addition to the innovative therapy involving the immune system, this case highlights the increasingly more common situation where patients get involved in directing their own care.