http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/07/26/obama-administration-begins-rationing-cancer-drugs/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:41:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/07/26/obama-administration-begins-rationing-cancer-drugs/#comment-461624 Jack Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:13:37 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/07/26/obama-administration-begins-rationing-cancer-drugs/#comment-461624 The key word is "Significant." The New York Times does not think that giving people an average of 6 months more life as "significant" when you do a cost benefit analysis. That is called rationing The key word is “Significant.” The New York Times does not think that giving people an average of 6 months more life as “significant” when you do a cost benefit analysis. That is called rationing

]]> http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/07/26/obama-administration-begins-rationing-cancer-drugs/#comment-461622 Catron Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:20:36 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/07/26/obama-administration-begins-rationing-cancer-drugs/#comment-461622 You obviously have no idea what you're talking about, Marc. I recommend <a href="http://www.cancernetwork.com/blog/display/article/10165/1620809" rel="nofollow">this write-up</a> for the basics. You obviously have no idea what you’re talking about, Marc. I recommend this write-up for the basics.

]]> http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/07/26/obama-administration-begins-rationing-cancer-drugs/#comment-461619 Marc Brown Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:17:23 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/07/26/obama-administration-begins-rationing-cancer-drugs/#comment-461619 Wrong - the latest studies show it doesn't have any survival benefits in metastatic breast cancer and there are major side effects. This is a good example of why we shouldn't accelerate approval before proper studies have been done. Avastin is still approved for other uses of course. Wrong - the latest studies show it doesn’t have any survival benefits in metastatic breast cancer and there are major side effects. This is a good example of why we shouldn’t accelerate approval before proper studies have been done. Avastin is still approved for other uses of course.

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