My daughter needs this drug but has to pay for it.  There must be many women in this situation.  

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WOMEN IN NEED OF THIS DRUG ARE HAVING TO PAY $15000.

Why should they have to pay to extend their lives and have better quality of life???

A new ‘smart’ drug for breast cancer extends women’s lives by six months while reducing toxic side effects including hair loss.

Campaigners claim the drug offers a ‘precious lifeline’ for women with the most aggressive form of the disease, who have tried other treatments.

Women with HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer are missing out on best treatment because the drugs are not on the PBS, says a group of eminent oncologists.

Their review of 100 trials of systemic treatments for HER2+ metastatic breast cancer paints a largely upbeat picture in which the recent development of targeted drugs has significantly improved survival for women diagnosed with this aggressive disease.

There were reports of increasing numbers of women alive and well more than five years on from diagnosis of metastatic disease, they said.

“If metastatic breast cancer can be cured, HER2-positive disease is considered a most likely candidate,” they commented.

They found “strong evidence” that the addition of anti-HER2 agents to standard chemo- or endocrine therapy improved both progression-free...