Politics and opinions invade breast cancer treatment. :(
Most likely it has nothing to do with politics or the Obama healthcare plan (this began years ago). The media and political bloggers like to portray it as so though. It seems that it may be a universal decision:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE6B61PL20101208

The tough part in this decision is the recommendation that came with the decision. It is recommended that patients currently receiving the drug follow their doctors advice and continue if the doctor recommends it and stop if their doctor recommends that. Due to the decision, continuing won't be possible if insurance companies or the government no longer fund it - it will only be possible for those who have the income to pay for it out of pocket.



>Are you in the conspiracy camp that claims the 12 oncologists that comprise the 13 member oncology advisory committee -- after reviewing the results of the 2 new trials -- are lying when they offered their medical opinion as to the effectiveness and toxicity of Avastin in the trials.... in order to blindly promote Vladimir Obama's healthcare plan? Or the conspiracy camp that claims the FDA should have ignored the 12-to-1 recommendation of the oncology advisory board... in order to blindly promote Vladimir Obama's healthcare plan?
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>>http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/2010/12/examiner-editorial-breast-cancer-drug-offers-glimpse-death-panels
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>>I doubt most of the major media outlets will report the entire story on this - they're too fearful of standing up to ObamaCare.
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>>While Avastin has, on average, only managed to extend the lives of women with late-stage breast cancer by 5-6 months, some have stayed alive for far longer.
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>>And for us men, note the line at the bottom of the story about the drug Provenge.
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>>I look at the U.S. - and I look at communist countries - and at times, I have to wonder what the difference is.