{"id":2014585,"date":"2023-08-28T17:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T21:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/80s-rock-icon-on-end-of-life-cancer-care-now-declares-hes-asymptomatic-credits-breakthrough-drug\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T17:45:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T21:45:51","slug":"80s-rock-icon-on-end-of-life-cancer-care-now-declares-hes-asymptomatic-credits-breakthrough-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/80s-rock-icon-on-end-of-life-cancer-care-now-declares-hes-asymptomatic-credits-breakthrough-drug\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8217;80s Rock Icon Declares He&#8217;s &#8216;Asymptomatic&#8217; in Cancer Battle &#8211; Thanks &#8216;Breakthrough Drug&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F80s-rock-icon-on-end-of-life-cancer-care-now-declares-hes-asymptomatic-credits-breakthrough-drug%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2014585&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>&#8217;80s Rock Icon on \u2064End-of-Life \u2063Cancer\u200d Care Now Declares He&#8217;s\u2064 &#8216;Asymptomatic&#8217; &#8211; Credits &#8216;Breakthrough Drug&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Duran Duran\u2019s \u200doriginal guitarist says his\u2062 life has been extended by at least five years\u2062 and \u200dhe\u200d has no symptoms from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gmail-sends-roger-stones-donation-request-directly-to-junk-mail-folder\/\" title=\"Gmail Sends Roger Stone\u2019s Donation Request Directly to Junk Mail Folder\">stage 4 cancer<\/a>\u2063 following his use\u2063 of a new\u200c \u201cbreakthrough drug.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andy Taylor, 62, was with the band as\u2064 it \u2064climbed the charts with hits such\u2064 as \u201cHungry Like the Wolf,\u201d \u201cThe Reflex\u201d and \u201cA View to \u2063a Kill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor never rejoined Duran Duran after \u2064it went\u2062 into hiatus\u200d in 1985, but \u2064he remained active in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/legendary-musician-tells-huge-crowd-truth-god-made-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">music<\/a> while keeping his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/that-s-did-not-go-well-ashton-kutcher-reveals-the-reason-he-gave-up-weed\/\" title=\"\u2018That S*** Did Not Go Well\u2019: Ashton Kutcher Reveals The Reason He Gave Up Weed\">personal life private<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, he was diagnosed with metastatic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-drugs-make-headway-against-lung-breast-prostate-cancers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prostate cancer<\/a>, \u200cwhich was \u200dinoperable. He refused chemotherapy over worries\u2063 it would damage \u200bthe\u200c nerves in his hands and \u2064thus his guitar playing.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 diagnosis was\u200b not made public until last year,\u2064 when\u2062 Duran\u200d Duran and Taylor were indicted into the Rock and\u2063 Roll Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor missed \u2064the\u200b event and finally\u200c told his bandmates\u2062 \u2014\u2064 which\u2064 led to lead singer Simon Le\u2063 Bon telling the world about the \u200bcondition.<\/p>\n<p>The guitarist was too weak to stand\u200d and had to skip the show, he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>\u201cIt is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-conservative-mp-dead-after-uk-church-knife-attack\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Conservative MP Dead After UK Church Knife Attack\">absolutely devastating news<\/a> to find out that a colleague \u2014 no, not a colleague, a mate, \u200da \u2063friend,\u200b one of our family \u2014\u200d is not going to be around for very \u200dlong,\u201d\u200c Le Bon \u200dsaid in November,\u200d according to\u2062 the U.K.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-11396355\/Simon-Le-Bons-agony-emerges-Duran-Duran-bandmate-Andy-Taylor-dying-cancer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While all\u2063 hope seemed lost at that\u200c time, Taylor revealed in two \u200crecent interviews that\u200d his condition\u200b has improved in \u200djust a matter of weeks since he tried \u200can \u2062experimental \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/portland-hospital-denies-woman-cancer-treatment-criticizing-transgender-flag-outside-facility-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancer treatment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was \u200bclassified as \u2062palliative, end-of-life\u2064 care,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/andy-taylor-i-was-classified-as-palliative-end-of-life-care-rsxqt27f2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The \u200bTimes<\/a> of\u2062 London in an interview \u200cpublished Friday. \u201cAnd now I\u2019m not; I\u2019m asymptomatic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a hell \u200cof \u2062a journey,\u201d Taylor said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-66471529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> interview this month.<\/p>\n<p>He said Welsh scientist\u200c Christopher Evans gave him a concoction of radioactive \u200dchemicals that \u200bhas essentially\u2062 made his\u2063 cancer dormant.<\/p>\n<p>Evans told\u200d the BBC that Taylor was injected \u200cwith lutetium-177, which he described \u2062as a \u201cnuclear medicine\u201d that is \u201ctargeted \u200cso it only sees cancer cells.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dguitarist received his first intravenous infusion of the substance in early \u2063July. As of last week, he \u200csaid, he is feeling more \u2063like himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2063 can\u2019t see healthy \u200bcells,\u201d Taylor \u200btold The\u200b Times. \u201cIt kills stage four cancer \u2064in your bones.\u2062 And so what it\u2019s effectively done \u2062is extend my life for five years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He described the emotional toll of being told he \u200bwas \u200bdying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lowest point is maybe\u2062 six weeks\u2062 after the\u2064 diagnosis when it really sinks in. You\u2019re gonna have to\u200c say goodbye to your family,\u201d the rocker said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re\u200d not going to see your grandson\u2019s 10th \u2063birthday,\u201d he said. \u201cPsychologically it\u2019s mind-blowing \u2014 you \u2062can\u2019t have therapy to remove the certainty of\u200c death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, after years of being told he was on the clock, Taylor\u200c is playing music again.<\/p>\n<p>He \u200ccredits Evans for giving him his \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jimmy-carters-grandson-gives-update-former-presidents-health-not-looking-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health<\/a> \u2063 back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a genius,\u201d Taylor said. \u200d\u201cI call him\u200c the Elon\u200c Musk \u200bof \u2064cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/80s-rock-icon-end-life-cancer-care-now-declares-asymptomatic-credits-breakthrough-drug\/\">&#8217;80s Rock Icon on End-of-Life Cancer Care Now Declares He&#8217;s &#8216;Asymptomatic&#8217; &#8211; Credits &#8216;Breakthrough Drug&#8217;<\/a> \u200bappeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duran Duran&#8217;s ex-guitarist, Andy Taylor, claims a new &#8220;breakthrough drug&#8221; has prolonged his life by five years. Despite battling stage 4 cancer, the 62-year-old musician remains symptom-free. Taylor, known for hits like &#8220;Hungry Like the Wolf&#8221; and &#8220;The Reflex,&#8221; expresses gratitude for the drug&#8217;s positive impact on his health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":2014586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2014585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2014585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2014586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2014585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2014585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2014585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}