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Christine MH-UK · 06-26-2007, 03:02 PM

Well, I don't imagine that women in New Zealand would get it any other way. Breast cancer services in New Zealand are notoriously poor, to the point where women go to Australia after diagnosis.

I am all for shorter treatments, AFTER they have been shown to be as effective and agree that New Zealand is jumping the gun. Also, if they are going for short anyway, why not Hurley et. al's 2006 trial using HCT followed by AC which showed stellar results in high risk women? Buzdar 2007 (H+taxotere)->(H+FEC) is even more effective, of course, but the mere thought of herceptin + FEC gives me palpitations. Hope they try it with lapatinib soon.

06-26-2007, 03:02 PM	#2
Christine MH-UK Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 414	Yes, they are jumping the gun Well, I don't imagine that women in New Zealand would get it any other way. Breast cancer services in New Zealand are notoriously poor, to the point where women go to Australia after diagnosis. I am all for shorter treatments, AFTER they have been shown to be as effective and agree that New Zealand is jumping the gun. Also, if they are going for short anyway, why not Hurley et. al's 2006 trial using HCT followed by AC which showed stellar results in high risk women? Buzdar 2007 (H+taxotere)->(H+FEC) is even more effective, of course, but the mere thought of herceptin + FEC gives me palpitations. Hope they try it with lapatinib soon.