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Shirley · 10-31-2014, 10:49 AM

Right to try laws do not require that your insurance company pay for the treatments, and if you suffer medical complications as the result Of taking an experimental drug, insurance won't cover that, either.

Phase 1 trials are often quite small and I suspect most drugs never make it to Stage 2 or 3.

I also think these laws wil make it easier for quacks to sell "miracle cures" to desperate cancer patients. (Stanislaw Burzinski for example)

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/...public-policy/

Shirley

10-31-2014, 10:49 AM	#4
Shirley Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Lakewood, WA Posts: 56	Re: Arizona Prop 303 - Right To Try Right to try laws do not require that your insurance company pay for the treatments, and if you suffer medical complications as the result Of taking an experimental drug, insurance won't cover that, either. Phase 1 trials are often quite small and I suspect most drugs never make it to Stage 2 or 3. I also think these laws wil make it easier for quacks to sell "miracle cures" to desperate cancer patients. (Stanislaw Burzinski for example) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/...public-policy/ Shirley __________________ Age 54 at dx (April '13) Stage 2b, grade 3 ER+ PR+ HER+, 9 cm tumor one breast and <0.5 cm in sentinal node BRCA1 and 2 negative Neoadjuvant TCH chemo started 5-15-13 (4 rounds, 3 weeks apart) Unilateral Mx w/expander 8-22-13 (right side) 5/5 nodes Neg clear margins but close. Tumor at removal down to 2.2 cm. Radiation 6 wks starting 10-17-13. Herceptin every 3 weeks until 4-23-14 DIEP/Mastopexy 10-8-14, U of WA