Studying tumors differently, in hopes of outsmarting them NYTimes

Lani · 06-28-2013, 01:25 AM

discusses rationale behind double or triple targetted therapy treatment

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/27/sc...ting-them.html

Ellie F · 06-28-2013, 05:10 AM

Fascinating article Lani. Are we really taking targeted therapies? We often use two or more chemo drugs and the tumour returns so we need to think differently I guess.

Ellie

Lani · 06-28-2013, 08:59 AM

chemo is not targetted --it works like carpet-bombing

herceptin, pertuzumab are targetted and work like smart bombs

TDM-1 is a smart bomb utilizing a Trojan horse like strategy to release chemo INSIDE only the cells that are targeted ...leaving the other cells unaffected, hopefully

Hope this helps

Lauriesh · 06-28-2013, 09:21 AM

Hi Lani , thanks for the link.
It is timely as I am seeing my onc on monday and trying to talk him into adding in perjeta with my herceptin. I have been Ned for over 2 years but obviously worried about it coming back. Would like your opinion on this. I will definitely bring this article along.

Laurie