Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor has started taking a new prostate cancer drug that he expects will extend his life by five years.
He told the BBC that he recently started taking “a nuclear medicine, Lutetium-177, which is targeted so it only sees cancer cells.”
He explained, “It can't see healthy cells. It kills stage 4 cancer in your bones. And so what it's effectively done is extend my life for five years.”
Taylor added that he had to get in “very, very good health” before beginning the new treatment which started six weeks ago.
The 62-year-old, went public with his stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis last year when Duran Duran was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
His new solo album, Man’s a Wolf to Man will be out on September 8. And a new Duran Duran album is expected later this year.
TL;DR:
- Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor has started taking a new prostate cancer drug that he expects will extend his life by five years.
- He’s taking “a nuclear medicine, Lutetium-177, which is targeted so it only sees cancer cells.”