Cancer...The Money Maker

Good Morning,
what's in the news......CANCER. OHIP decided to not pay for a drug treatment called HERCEPTIN for a woman diagnosed with a tumor. Jill Anzarut's breast tumor is just over a half centimeter. OHIP said the drug can only be used on larger tumors. the Ontario Ombudsman is looking into the case. if Jill lived in British Columbia, Alberta or Saskatchewan her medicare would cover it.
"Herceptin funding is limited to patients whose tumours are larger than one centimetre, because the guideline is based on clinical trials, and nearly all were conducted on women with larger tumours, according to Cancer Care Ontario. " IS THIS A REASON TO REJECT HER??? if you look carefully at the quote, what it is saying is that the drug was used on larger tumors in a clinical trial....SO WHAT??? ONLY PEOPLE WITH LARGER TUMORS GET IT BASED ON THE TRIALS??? what kind of MEDICAL LOGIC is that???? let me add a bit more of this article for you....it is full of contradictions and misinformation....sick.
"Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews said later that making an exception in Anzarut's case would be unfair to people in similar circumstances who don't get their stories in the media." SO THE MINISTER THINKS ITS UNFAIR TO CURE CANCER?? WHY WOULD IT BE WITHELD FROM ANYONE IF ITS AFFECTIVE?

Matthews said Anzarut and others with small tumours have other drug and treatment options, adding it shouldn't be up to politician to decide who gets a drug and who doesn't." the minister here is really and truly a POLITICIAN FIRST! first she says no its not fair, then she says its not up to politicians to decide. HOW DID SHE GET THIS JOB....oh i know how...ITS CALLED DOUBLE SPEAK to save your ass.

Diane McArthur, who heads Ontario's public drug program, has also said she has asked experts to look for any additional evidence that might change the province's guideline for Herceptin.

In the meantime, Anzarut says she's considering paying to have the drug administered through a private clinic — at a cost of about $40,000. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? 40 GRAND FOR A DRUG??? We DONATE millions of dollars to CANCER RESEARCH (Canadians being the most generous when it comes to this disease) and the pharmacutical companies have the nerve to put this kind of PRICE TAG on it? IS THERE NO MORALITY IN THE WORLD???

Herceptin is an antibody that blocks a protein on human skin cells — the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2).

It is thought that excessive amounts of the protein HER2 increase the growth of breast cancer. SO LETS LOOK AT THIS.....i don't see a study in any medical paper stating this in this article. should Jill wait till her tumor reaches a bigger size to be taken seriously.

Advocates say early use of Herceptin can be extremely effective in battling the disease.
so what is remaining here....we STILL HAVE A WOMAN WITH BREAST CANCER, WE STILL HAVE POLITICAL DOUBLE SPEAK and WE HAVE A DRUG THAT COSTS THE SAME AMOUNT AS A MERCEDES?!!!
WELL JILL ANZARUT..... look for an alternative therapy. there is a clinic in Mexico that uses Diet to change the face of cancer. check it out and spend your 40 GRAND to go there instead.