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Old 08-04-2014, 09:20 AM   #20
Rolepaul
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Re: news from ASCO-- some joyous, some a downer--may set things back a bit

All I can say Phil is that I am pushing as hard as I can on multiple forums. The problem is that the pharmas and doctors do want to get sued, the FDA is criticized for going too fast on failed drugs and too slow on ones that are safe, and the public does not know what they want if they are uninformed. Those of us who work to get knowledge focus on a single patient, a single issue, and often not on what can help the most people. I know that Perjeta/TDM-1 is the correct systemic for many people, but there may be other options. New clinical trials show a HER2+ treatment that had better results. So now I need to go explore that drug and its case studies. I will be an activist, but I want to not misstep in what I do so I lose any legitimacy about what I write and say. My background carries a level of importance that I cannot afford to lose any more than the doctor or big pharma can.
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