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Hopeful · 01-21-2009, 12:12 AM

Jean,

I just wanted to make an observation about your statement that "the studies have been showing that herceptin works best along with chemo." The studies done in early stage patients have been to test chemo alone vs. chemo with herceptin. The combination has been more effective than chemo alone. Until there is a Herceptin only arm added to the studies, they tell us nothing about how chemo enhances Herceptin. All they tell us is that herceptin enhances chemo. We need that third arm in the study, to determine whether it is just the Herceptin, or the combination of Herceptin with chemo, that does the trick.

Hopeful

01-21-2009, 12:12 AM	#8
Hopeful Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,380	Jean, I just wanted to make an observation about your statement that "the studies have been showing that herceptin works best along with chemo." The studies done in early stage patients have been to test chemo alone vs. chemo with herceptin. The combination has been more effective than chemo alone. Until there is a Herceptin only arm added to the studies, they tell us nothing about how chemo enhances Herceptin. All they tell us is that herceptin enhances chemo. We need that third arm in the study, to determine whether it is just the Herceptin, or the combination of Herceptin with chemo, that does the trick. Hopeful Last edited by Hopeful; 01-21-2009 at 12:15 AM..