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  2. Bevacizumab - Wikipedia

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    Bevacizumab, sold under the brand name Avastin among others, is a monoclonal antibody medication used to treat a number of types of cancers and a specific eye disease. [30] [28] For cancer, it is given by slow injection into a vein (intravenous) and used for colon cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, glioblastoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, and renal-cell carcinoma. [31]

  3. FDA to Review Use of Avastin for Breast Cancer - AOL

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    Roche's (RHHBY) blockbuster cancer drug, Avastin, is up for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration next month. If the FDA follows its advisory panel's recommendation from last month, it ...

  4. Genentech's Medicine Avastin Plus Chemotherapy Improved ... - AOL

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    Genentech's Medicine Avastin Plus Chemotherapy Improved Survival in Women with Advanced Cervical Cancer, Compared to Chemotherapy Alone -- First Phase III Study of Avastin in This Difficult-to ...

  5. Cancer immunotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Cancer immunotherapy (immuno-oncotherapy) is the stimulation of the immune system to treat cancer, improving the immune system's natural ability to fight the disease. [1] It is an application of the fundamental research of cancer immunology (immuno-oncology) and a growing subspecialty of oncology.

  6. Anti-VEGF - Wikipedia

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    By May 2012, anti-VEGF treatment with Avastin has been accepted by Medicare, is quite reasonably priced, and effective. Lucentis has a similar but smaller molecular structure to Avastin, and is FDA-approved (2006) for treating MacD, yet remains more costly, as is the more recent (approved in 2011) aflibercept (Eylea). Tests on these treatments ...

  7. FDA Approves New Use for Roche's Avastin - AOL

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    Health care firm Roche announced in a press release Thursday that the FDA has approved a new indication for its cancer drug Avastin. The new usage will allow Roche to market Avastin, in ...