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Kathy_BCNA
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11 years ago

Afinitor to be added to the PBS

I am pleased to let you know that the breast cancer drug Afinitor (everolimus) will be added to the PBS on 1 June this year. Afinitor is a drug for women with hormone-receptor positive, HER2-nega...
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Maggiemaw
Member
11 years ago

Hi Kathy

I was pleased to get the message saying that Afinitor will be listed on the PBS on 1/6/2014.  I had heard of this drug and how expensive it was and was therefore unaffordable to me.  My Oncologist mentioned it to me a couple of weeks ago as a possible treatment for me if needed as I am sensitive to all of the drugs I have been on except Carboplatin which I had been on for 2 years but have now ceased.  He didn't say that it would be listed on the PBS. 

I have had 1 cycle of CMF and so far so good but it's early days.  Originally I was ER+ and Her2-.  He is now saying I'm Triple Neg and I have yet to ask questions about what this means to me and how did he find out.

Thanks again, I appreciate the information.

Maggiemaw