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Drug Approval Update – Good News!
January 5, 2010
Debbie Warkus can now know that while she is giving her best shot at beating
breast
cancer, she will have the only drugs that will help her now when every other drug
has failed to control her cancer. The Ontario Committee for Evaluating Drugs (Ontario
CED) has approved the combination
of drugs needed by Debbie.
George Warkus, Debbie’s husband, called CBCN January 5, 2010 to confirm that
he heard about the news just yesterday and that Debbie starts on the combination
treatment tomorrow.
This is one more step in progress for women currently suffering
from metastatic
breast cancer. George Warkus expressed his thanks to CBCN and those members of
our on-line communities
who wrote to the CED and the Minister of Health.
The Canadian Breast Cancer Network speaks out to expedite approval process for
life saving drugs for breast cancer patients
December 18, 2009
The Canadian Breast Cancer Network (CBCN) is horrified at the frustration and
obstacles Deborah Warkus and her family are dealing with to obtain the breast
cancer treatment recommended by her doctor. The issue was initially raised by The Globe and Mail in Fighting cancer in a
bureaucratic Catch-22, December 18.
And we are afraid there are many more Deborahs out there.
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Thank you Mike's Hard Lemonade!
We would like to thank you Mike's Hard Lemonade for their incredibly generous
donation of $135,000 to the Canadian Breast Cancer Network.