Tag: drug trial

Tennis again

This time last year, I wrote this post, about how tennis and birthdays are all wrapped up in memory with the drug trial that left me looking like a sunburned turnip and afraid I was going to die. (Or look like a sunburned turnip forever.) And this time last year, I wondered how I’d be [...]

All about Persephone

As I mentioned last week, the team running the Persephone trial have been good enough to answer some questions about Herceptin and the trial. Here they are. Even though I’m done with Herceptin, i found this really interesting. I hope you do too.
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-Why is Herceptin such a wonder drug?
Herceptin has proved to be [...]

Trials and macaroons

I do always try to be fair on this blog: to report my experience on the cancer conveyer belt accurately , while trying to see the points of view of others. There are people I have praised to the skies, and people – St. George’s Oncology Department, I’m mostly looking at you – who I [...]