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For women with ovarian cancer, the addition of bevacizumab to standard chemotherapy results in significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS).
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Continuing use of bevacizumab (Avastin) in combination with second-line chemotherapy improves overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) who have progressed after discontinuation of first-line bevacizumab and chemotherapy.
Drug News
The systemic safety of bevacizumab appears to be similar to that of ranibizumab as intravitreal therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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.
Drug News
Adjuvant bevacizumab increases overall survival in cervical cancer and improves progression-free survival in glioblastoma.
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At two years of follow-up, diabetes-related clinically significant macular edema (CSME) is more effectively improved by intravitreous bevacizumab than with macular laser therapy (MLT).
Drug News
No evidence of infection, inflammation when bevacizumab is stored at 4 Celsius for a week
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After completion of the initial bevacizumab treatment cycle, there was a significant reduction in epistaxis severity scores and RBC transfusion requirements.
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Persistent diabetic macular edema more likely with bevacizumab than aflibercept or ranibizumab
Drug News
Both linked to improvements in visual acuity; only triamcinolone tied to sustained improvement in CMT