ASCO 2011
The addition of bevacizumab to carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of women with ovarian cancer may offer benefit compared with standard chemotherapy alone, particularly for patients with more aggressive disease, investigators noted in a presentation during the American Society of Clinical Oncology's 2011 Annual Meeting.
ASCO 2011
Bevacizumab + carboplatin/gemcitabine followed by bevacizumab until disease progression provided a clinically meaningful benefit in women with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer, representing the first Phase 3 trial of an antiangiogenic agent to demonstrate such a benefit, investigators reported during the American Society of Clinical Oncology's 2011 Annual Meeting.
ESMO 2021, News
There was no improvement in overall survival with bevacizumab.
ASCO 2011
The addition of sorafenib to chemotherapy improved progression-free survival in patients with advanced breast cancer who had been previously treated with bevacizumab, according to results of a study in the TIES (Trials to Investigate Efficacy of Sorafenib) program presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's 2011 Annual Meeting.
ESMO 2021, News
Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab could be a new standard of care for first-line therapy in metastatic cervical cancer.
ASCO 2011
Axitinib demonstrated a significantly longer progression-free survival and higher objective response compared with sorafenib as second-line therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma, investigators Brian I. Rini, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic, and colleagues reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's 2011 Annual Meeting.
ESMO 2021, News
The checkpoint inhibitor cemiplimab improved survival in patients with recurrent/metastatic cervical carcinoma compared with single-agent chemotherapy.