Drug to prevent blood clots

Considering how many BC patients actually die of blood clots, this new drug is very interesting:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-08/blood-thinner-from-pfizer-bristol-myers-blocks-leg-clots.html

What cost in 2 months delay in diagnosing/treating Advanced Breast Cancer?

This paper gives us some idea:

Waiting ≥ 60 days to initiate treatment was associated with a significant 66% and 85% increased risk of overall and breast cancer–related death, respectively, among late-stage patients

http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/early/2012/11/16/JCO.2012.39.7695.abstract

PD-991 with Femara

CDK inhibitor along with femara giving 26months PFS instead of <10 months PFS with femara alone.   Phase II trial only.   But still impressive.

http://www.fool.com/investing/businesswire/2012/12/05/pfizer-presents-phase-2-data-showing-investigation.aspx

http://erc.endocrinology-journals.org/content/18/4/C19.long

TEDMED 20 greatest medical challenges

There's one item that includes Cancer as "Management of Chronic Conditions".   I don't think majority of stage 4 aggressive breast cancer is really manageable yet, certainly not chronic in the way diabetes and heart disease patients have decades to expect.

Here's the list:

www.tedmed.com/greatchallenges

Don't get me wrong, I love TED, and would probably love TEDMED too.  But apparently cancer cure is NOT very challenging for them.