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a specific rescepter in the body just as afinitor. it has been used in the past to treat organ transplant rejection. both medications are on the market. what we found they both significantly improved survival time in the most difficult to treat patients, those cancer patients with metastatic disease. martha: how readily available are these drugs? >> the great news both of these drugs are available and on the market. doctors can start using them right now in the case of the drug that is used with herceptin, these are drugs that actually block the her-2 receptor, these particular proteins are responsible for one in five metastatic, most aggressive forms of cancer. they're available right now. it actually works by improving the way the body handles these canners, blocks the angio genesis, the way body produces new blood vessels.
following these developments closely. >> there's no question this decision will come ago a disappointment to some women thinking about this medication as a treatment. sometimes a last-resort treatment for the metastatic or breast cancer treatment that had spread. after some time now, four studies came out, the fda wanted two -- does this prolong survival? and do the benefits outweigh the risks? the answer to both those questions, according to the fda seems to be no. the risk they're talking about are significant ones, heart failure, heart attacks, perforations or holes developing in the colon or the stomach as well. so, you know, that was why we're making so much about this, because when the fda tried to
remove avastin as treatment for breast cancer. patients are using it as part of the chemo regimen won't be affected immediately and it's still an approved therapy for lung, brain and kohl on rectal cancers and e vast inis not just as effective on metastatic or spreading breast cancer. the tea party is planning an even more active role in the political race especially for the race in the white house. we'll talk about one event being put on the calendar today that could have an effect on who emerges as the republican nominee.
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