[AlaskaAngel]

Jean,

I reviewed the link you presented in its entirety, and we are evaluating what it (the video alone)presented, not what an extended discussion offline with the center or the doctor might tell us about information that was not included for the audience here to see and hear and consider.

The interviewer in the video brought up the subject of chemotherapy, not the doctor. He stated,

Q: So patients have to make a decision about hormonal therapy, they have to make a decision about chemotherapy, they have to undergo genetic testing.


His statement indicates that patient can pick and choose among them, to have or not have any of those options.

Interestingly, the interviewer in the video specifically asked the doctor,

"What patients benefit from HER-2/neu therapies, and what therapies are available for early stage cancers?"

It was the doctor who chose not to mention that therapies that are available for early stage cancers include chemotherapy, and to specifically mention only two therapies, which she identifies as "drugs".

The doctor was asked what THERAPIES are available for early stage cancers. From responses given by the doctor, there is no way for a person unfamiliar with breast cancer treatment to have any idea that chemotherapy would not only be one of the therapies available but is required for the use of the "drugs" she discusses, under current accepted guidelines.

The newly diagnosed should be told up front that chemotherapy is not optional if one is to receive the other "drugs" like trastuzumab and lapatinib under currently accepted guidelines for breast cancer treatment.