FoundingDuran Duranmember and guitaristAndy Taylorclaims a new drug treatment is working in his battle with Stage 4prostate cancer.

In a BBC interview, Taylor said the drug Lutetium-177 has extended his life for five years.

The 62-year-old Taylor first was diagnosed with the disease in 2018.

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He went public with the information last November.

After that, a scientist suggested nuclear medicine treatment with Lutetium-177, which reportedly targets cancer cells.

It cant see healthy cells, Taylor told BBC News.

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He said his first round of treatments was six weeks ago.

It kills stage four cancer in your bones.

And so what its effectively done is extend my life for five years.

Taylor was a member of Duran Duran from 1980 to 1986, returning from 2001 to 2006.