Will FDA stand with women who need Avastin?
"All we can do at this point is manage your cancer." Those were the words my mother heard two years ago when she was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. In conjunction with surgery and chemotherapy, she started taking a breakthrough drug called Avastin. Mom's still with us, but an FDA advisory panel has urged the government to withdraw Avastin for the treatment of stage IV breast cancer. What price rationing?