<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-15"?>








<rss version="2.0">
    <channel>
        
        <title>Herceptin (drug)</title>
        <link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/health/drugs-medicines/herceptin-%28drug%29-HEDAR00212.topic</link>
        
        
        <description>A collection of news and information related to Herceptin (drug) published by Tribune Company sources.</description>
        
        <language>en-us</language>
        
        
			
			
				
					
					
					
					
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Strategies for cutting the cost of prescription drugs]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-fi-0421-healthcare-watch-20130419,0,4559862.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-04-19 20:47:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[When Maggie Heim had a recurrence of ovarian cancer about a year after her initial treatment, her oncologist suggested that she take what he believed could be a lifesaving drug. There was just one problem: Her insurer wouldn't pay for it. 

The 59-year-...]]></description>
		</item>
				
					
					
					
					
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA['The Emperor of All Maladies' by Siddhartha Mukherjee]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-ca-siddhartha-mukherjee-20101219,0,7080257.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2010-12-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Emperor of All Maladies

A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Scribner: 572 pp., $30

Siddhartha Mukherjee's "The Emperor of All Maladies," a remarkable history of the 4,000-year-old war on cancer, shines a focused beam of light on a disease...]]></description>
		</item>
				
					
					
					
					
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Erie County woman fights cancer while pregnant]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-mct-erie-county-woman-fights-cancer-while-pregnant-20130514,0,1272557.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Jenise Kaliszewski had been trying to get pregnant for less than a month when she first noticed a painful lump near her left armpit in June 2012. 

A friend told Kaliszewski, 30, to see a doctor, even though the pain had subsided. The doctor sent the...]]></description>
		</item>
				
					
					
					
					
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: Treatment plan should be based on specific type of breast cancer]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-201211271700--tms--premhnstr--k-b20121128-20121128,0,6364543.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-11-28 02:30:09</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Why is it that some breast cancers have higher survival rates than others?

ANSWER: The main reason for the difference in survival rates is that breast cancer is not just one disease. It's well accepted that there are four distinct...]]></description>
		</item>
				
					
					
					
					
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Targeted breast cancer therapies coming to the forefront in treatment]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/bs-hs-breast-cancer-therapies-20121020,0,1351075.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-10-20 13:44:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[If there ever was a right time to be diagnosed with breast cancer, Beth Thompson found one.

In February 2006, the pea-size tumor in her right breast was too small for a clinical trial of Herceptin, a targeted therapy that had proved effective in advanced...]]></description>
		</item>
				
					
					
					
					
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Patricia Parkins' story or survival]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sfl-patricia-parkins-story-or-survival-20121017,0,2266343.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-10-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[While living in Jamaica in February 2009, I felt pain in both breasts. My primary doctor ordered a mammogram and ultrasound. The results indicated Mammary Duct Ectasia and antibiotics were prescribed. I sought a second opinion, and that doctor confirmed...]]></description>
		</item>
				
					
					
					
					
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Belarmina Bardi's story of survival]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sfl-belarmina-bardis-story-of-survival-20121017,0,6782555.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-10-18 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[I first noticed a lump on my breast while showering. That was September 2011. My gynecologist sent me to have a mammogram and an ultrasound, and after a few days I got a phone call that the doctor wanted to see me. He indicated the lump was large and...]]></description>
		</item>
				
					
					
					
					
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Margie Gelber's story of survival]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sfl-margie-gelbers-story-of-survival-20121005,0,3493098.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-10-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been over 12 years since my cancer diagnosis. I prefer to think of myself as a &ldquo;thriver&rdquo; instead of a survivor.

During my annual GYN check-up in March 2000, my physician felt a tiny lump in my left breast. Even though both of my...]]></description>
		</item>
				
					
					
					
					
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[It pays to practice what you preach]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/aan-it-pays-to-practice-what-you-preach-20121005,0,3942588.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-10-05 13:52:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Unlike many who work in the medical profession, Laura Larson practices what she
preaches.

Laura, now 34, was diagnosed at the age of 33 with breast cancer. She discovered it
when she did her monthly breast self-exam, something she would stress the...]]></description>
		</item>
				
					
					
					
					
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Breast Cancer Moonshot]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/da-ot-breast-cancer-moonshot-20121003,0,32303.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-10-03 14:46:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The nation's largest cancer center is launching a massive "moonshot" effort against eight specific forms of the disease, similar to the all-out push for space exploration 50 years ago.

 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston expects...]]></description>
		</item>
				
					
					
					
					
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Longer-term treatments]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sc-health-0926-bc-drugs-20120926,0,4703455.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-09-26 16:52:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[After surgeons removed the tumor from her breast last November, Karen Hajiaskari, of Hamburg, N.Y., was deemed cancer-free. But for the next five years she will take a drug called tamoxifen, a medication that's commonly used to prevent a breast cancer...]]></description>
		</item>
				
					
					
					
					
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Big promise is seen in 2 new breast cancer drugs]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/pnr-big-promise-is-seen-in-2-new-breast-cancer-drugs-20111207,0,4805696.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2011-12-07 16:31:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SAN ANTONIO (AP) &mdash; Breast cancer experts are cheering what could be some of the biggest advances in more than a decade: two new medicines that significantly delay the time until women with very advanced cases get worse. 

In a large international...]]></description>
		</item>
				
			
			
        

        
			
        
    </channel>
</rss>

