Avastin approved by FDA

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  • March 1, 2008 at 6:45 pm #19330
    jeffg
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    Hi Matt and Valerie,
    Glad to hear tumor is a little smaller. Hope you continued to see success with shrinkage. Just a thought to think about; if for some reason the shrinkage stops or doesn’t remain stable, I would be asking Oncologist about alternative chemo instead of going the full 8-9 treatments. I found it saves wear and tear on the bone marrow in the long run. Wish you guys the best.
    Jeff G.

    February 26, 2008 at 3:39 pm #19329
    matt69scrambler
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    My wife Valeri had her first chemo treatment a couple weeks ago on 2-14-08. Avastin was one of the chemo drugs she was given and on 2-22-08 we went back to CTCA and the tumor is a little smaller. This same day she had more chemo but without Avastin as I think they can only give it every other time. We go back in two weeks to have another scan done.
    Thanks,
    Matt & Valeri

    February 26, 2008 at 1:22 pm #1118
    peter
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    Hopefully this will mean that patients having trouble getting insurance to cover Avastin will now have better luck. Approval was for Breast Cancer according to this article but this should provide a solid argument to go up against insurance companies.

    http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2008/tc20080225_516734.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top+stories

    -Peter

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