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Herceptin : a new cancer treatment ,[object Object],What is can cancer: is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display the traits of uncontrolled growth What changes could occur to the DNA: causes errors in the replication of the DNA chain What is a tumour: is a lump or mass of cells

Herceptin ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Why give the drug to women who have just had surgery, why not before? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Why does a ‘longer’ follow-up study needed to draw a firm conclusion? Because the drug is only successful in ‘slowing’ the development of the disease, after surgery Need to see the long term effect and make sure that in successful patients the cancer does not come back after the first drug trials

Testing new cancer drugs ,[object Object],Before the drug is tested on humans list in order the in which the drug is tested 1) Tested on human cells 2) Tested on animals

Phase 1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Phase 2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],To see if the drug can be used on other types of cancers 50% or more

Phase 3 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],To see if the drug is better or worse than other similar drugs To make sure that they are completely recovered from the disease To make sure you can do the same things (work, play, etc) before you had a disease, After you were treated with the disease Other bad symptoms that occur due to you taking the drug

Which drug should be used? ,[object Object],[object Object],So it cannot be used on any other type of cancer and it will be useless to use it on a Patient who has just been diagnosed with having breast cancer

Continue ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],How much it cost to develop the drug from the ‘start’ to the ‘finish’ Because the cost can be recovered many years in the future, from the patients earnings

Continued ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],They will want to see ( the long term effects, effectiveness, cost,) To see if spending the money will be worth it They will have to assess each patients case on it merits

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