Thread: Less Herceptin?
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Old 05-26-2018, 09:51 PM   #6
donocco
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Re: Less Herceptin?

Carol Ann

The short article in the Lancet didnt mention stage but Ill research it further. The non Herceptin group did get the Herceptin after the first year so eventually all of the 5100 Her 2 positive patients got the drug The ethical question is did the pts who did not receive the Herceptin for a year realize this? Herceptin was approved around 2000 so its benefits were very much known. Why a pl,acebo group?

Oncologists tend to be ultra conservative as I perceive them in the literature I read. I cant imagine the majority of them halving the duration of Herceptin therapy based on one study. Unless there is economic pressure being put on them. How does your oncologist feel about this?
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