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RobinP · 01-23-2009, 06:50 AM

HI Vic,

Just wanted to throw this out there for you. I heard a webcast by the famous Dr. Larry Norton at Mem. Sloan Kettering Ca. Ctr. and he said that he does not advocate biphosphonates for early stage bc and that a new and better drug will soon be on the market to prevent bone mets and build bone mass. Copied my post about that and the link below to Larry Norton's talk:
http://74.125.45.132/search?q=cache:...lnk&cd=4&gl=us
PS. I agree that the oral biphosphonates are a lot safer than the infusions. You could always get a second doc opinion on this.

FYI Here is the link to the new bone drug
http://www.communityoncology.net/jou...es/0506291.pdf

http://www.oncolink.com/resources/ar...th=01&id=15938

01-23-2009, 06:50 AM	#4
RobinP Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 943	HI Vic, Just wanted to throw this out there for you. I heard a webcast by the famous Dr. Larry Norton at Mem. Sloan Kettering Ca. Ctr. and he said that he does not advocate biphosphonates for early stage bc and that a new and better drug will soon be on the market to prevent bone mets and build bone mass. Copied my post about that and the link below to Larry Norton's talk: http://74.125.45.132/search?q=cache:...lnk&cd=4&gl=us PS. I agree that the oral biphosphonates are a lot safer than the infusions. You could always get a second doc opinion on this. FYI Here is the link to the new bone drug http://www.communityoncology.net/jou...es/0506291.pdf http://www.oncolink.com/resources/ar...th=01&id=15938 __________________ Robin 2002- dx her2 positive DCIS/bc TX Mast, herceptin chemo Last edited by RobinP; 01-23-2009 at 07:15 AM..