Another positive message of Progress in cancer treatments. I am
encouraged to start seeing these many new treatments for the best
interests of those so many who have been either in therapy, cancer free
and those who are concerned about being a recipient of this disease.
HOpe this brightens your day as it did mine.
God Bless
marty auslander
HERCEPTIN SUBMITTED TO TREAT BREAST CANCER.
The first biological treatment for breast cancer came a step closer to
reality MOnday when developer Genentech, Inc. submitted data on
Herceptin to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and asked for
clearance to sell it.
More then 600 women took part in the study, including some whose breast
cancer had spread and who had not responded to conventional
chemtherapies but showed positive results during clinical trials of the
new treatment.
Tested under the name HER2/NEU, Herceptin, is on a fast track for
action by the FDA and could get approval within six months.
"This is a very promising new advance that will benefit some woemn with
advanced breast cancer, " said Dr. Charles Vogel, a breast cancer
specialist who conducted the South Florida study.
Orange County Register dtd 4/11/98
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