Metastatic Breast Cancer, Miracle Drug T-DM1 & Lobbying the FDA
Channel: Bill Murray
Date: 22/08/2011

By August 31, the FDA must make a decision to allow expanded access through an existing T-DM1 clinical trial. Or not.

I've been traveling to Southern California every three weeks at a cost to me of $1,200 to $1,400 for travel expenses to get a bag of T-DM1 through a needle in my arm. I can't do this anymore. I'm broke and I'm tired. This treatment could be administered safely at any medical facility, anywhere. FDA approval means I will receive T-DM1 at home in Seattle, rather than 900 miles away. 

The FDA will decide whether I and others like me live several more years, or die within the next six or eight months.

Please call or write a letter to the FDA asking for early approval of T-DM1. 
Jeanne Sather
http://assertivecancerpatient.com/