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Old 12-17-2007, 06:08 AM   #1
Christine MH-UK
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Brazilian team finds Herceptin cost effective

What I found interesting was that they mentioned that herceptin saves by reducing the costs of metastatic care, since I was sure I had read this before but couldn't remember where, so now at least I have a source for this.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of trastuzumab therapy in patients with early HER-2 positive breast cancer in Brazil.

http://www.abstracts2view.com/sabcs/...S07L_358&terms=

This was based on the HERA trial

Last edited by Christine MH-UK; 12-17-2007 at 06:09 AM.. Reason: Add trial info for those looking for HERA trial update
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