bevacizumab

Biomarker predicts response to cancer treatment
05/21/2012 - 08:50

VIB researcher Diether Lambrechts, associated with KU Leuven, has discovered a biomarker that might potentially predict which patients will benefit more from treatment with bevacizumab (Avastin). If validated, this discovery could be an important step towards personalized medicine and patient-tailored use of this important cancer drug.

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Ovarian cancer study proves drug delays disease progression
01/02/2012 - 09:20

Treating ovarian cancer with the drug bevacizumab (“Avastin”) delays the disease and may also improve survival, according to an international clinical trial co-led by Drs. Amit Oza of PMH at UHN, and Timothy Perren, St James’s Institute of Oncology, Leeds, UK.
 

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