Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor Says Cancer Drug Has Given Him Five More Years
August 12, 2023 11:09AM EDT
(MANDATORY CREDIT Ebet Roberts/Getty Images) UNITED STATES – SEPTEMBER 01: Photo of Simon Le Bon and LIVE EARTH CONCERT and DURAN DURAN and Andy TAYLOR and Simon Le Bon and DURAN DURAN and Simon LE BON; Simon Le Bon and Andy Taylor performing live onstage, on first US tour (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns)
Duran Duran’s original guitarist Andy Taylor has said an innovative drug treating his advanced prostate cancer has extended his life “for five years”.
Taylor was diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer eight years ago but only revealed his condition in 2022. After going public, a scientist got in touch to offer him “a nuclear medicine, Lutetium-177, which is targeted so it only sees cancer cells”, he said.
“It can’t see healthy cells,” the 62-year-old said. “It kills stage four cancer in your bones. And so what it’s effectively done is extend my life for five years.”
He said his health had been deteriorating before that, and he had been on what he called “the blacklist.”
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