You’ve probably had your ‘flu shot. Have you ever had a pneumonia shot?

Pneumonia – a bacterial infection in the lungs – is a common complication from the flu. In addition to a flu shot every fall, it’s a good idea to get a shot of pneumococcal vaccine. Older people may require only one in a lifetime, but especially if you are a cancer patient, it’s good to know it can be repeated every 6 years.

MO’ MONEY: Matt Hernan, Adrian Hills, Andrew Campbell, Stuart Styles, Kingsley Baldwin and Brad Turner show off the moustaches they grew during November to raise money for research into prostate cancer.

Miners’ moustaches fund cancer research
Monday, 5 December 2005

BENDIGO Mining employees helped raise over $850 for research into Prostate Cancer by growing moustaches last month.

GPC Biotech completes enrolment in phase III trial for cancer drug Satraplatin
AFX News Limited/Forbes.com, 12.05.2005

MARTINSRIED, Germany (AFX) – GPC Biotech AG said it has completed the targeted enrolment of patients for its Phase III trial of the Satraplatin drug to treat hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC).

The Germany biotech company said more than 200 clinical sites in fifteen countries have now accrued a total of 912 patients for the trial.

The trial, named SPARC (Satraplatin and Prednisone Against Refractory Cancer), is a double blind, randomised study that is assessing the safety and efficacy of Satraplatin in combination with prednisone as a second-line chemotherapy in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC).