News tagged with avastin
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Protein levels could predict if bowel cancer patients will benefit from Avastin
Comparing levels of specific proteins that the drug Avastin targets could identify patients with advanced bowel cancer who will benefit from the treatment, according to research published in Clinical Cancer Research.
Cancer
Oct 23, 2012 |
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Metastatic breast cancer: Bevacizumab slows progression, but has no impact on survival
The cancer drug bevacizumab (Avastin) offers only a modest benefit in delaying disease progression in patients with advanced stage breast cancer, according to a systematic review by Cochrane researchers. The researchers assessed ...
Cancer
Jul 10, 2012 |
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ASCO: Continuing avastin with 2nd-line chemo ups survival
(HealthDay) -- 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
Jun 05, 2012 |
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Drug cocktail boosts ovarian cancer survival time
A drug cocktail that combines chemotherapy with Avastin was shown to double the amount of time patients lived without progression of ovarian cancer, according to research released Saturday.
Cancer
Jun 02, 2012 |
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Biomarker predicts response to cancer treatment
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 ...
Cancer
May 21, 2012 |
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Avastin has similar effect to Lucentis in treating wet age-related macular degeneration
The one year results from a study into whether two drug treatments (Lucentis and Avastin), are equally effective in treating neovascular or wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), have been reported today at an international ...
Ophthalmology
May 07, 2012 |
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Avastin and Lucentis are equivalent in treating age-related macular degeneration
At two years, Avastin (bevacizumab) and Lucentis (ranibizumab injection), two widely used drugs to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), improve vision when administered monthly or on an as needed basis, although ...
Ophthalmology
Apr 30, 2012 |
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Novartis tries to make UK hospitals use $1000 drug
(AP) -- Drug maker Novartis says it is taking legal action in Britain to make hospitals use an eye drug that costs 700 pounds ($1,130) per shot instead of a cheaper one that costs 60 pounds ($97).
Medications
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Avastin no benefit to older lung cancer patients: study
(HealthDay) -- Medicare patients who have advanced non-small cell lung cancer appear to get no survival benefit from adding the drug Avastin to standard chemotherapy, researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer ...
Cancer
Apr 17, 2012 |
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FDA finds more vials of fake cancer drug
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors that a second counterfeit version of the best-selling cancer drug Avastin has been found in the U.S., packaged as the Turkish brand of the medication.
Medications
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Diabetes treatment doubles skin cancer drug's effectiveness
Combining the experimental drug Avastin (bevacizumab) with the diabetes drug Metformin almost doubles its ability to reduce skin cancer growth, according to a study in Cancer Discovery.
Cancer
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Fake Avastin contained several chemicals, no drug
(AP) -- Counterfeit versions of the popular cancer drug Avastin obtained by European regulators contain a variety of chemicals, but not the active ingredient found in the genuine drug, according to drugmaker Roche.
Medications
Feb 28, 2012 |
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System to catch fake drugs has idled for years
(AP) -- The news this week that a fake version of the cancer medicine Avastin has made its way into the United States highlights a longtime concern: There are few safeguards to make sure fake drugs can be ...
Medications
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Counterfeit drugs becoming big business worldwide
(AP) -- The discovery that a fake version of the widely used cancer medicine Avastin is circulating in the United States is raising new fears that the multibillion-dollar drug-counterfeiting trade is increasingly ...
Medications
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Roche warns of counterfeit cancer drug in US
(AP) -- The maker of the best-selling cancer drug Avastin is warning doctors and patients about counterfeit vials of the product distributed in the U.S.
Medications
Feb 14, 2012 |
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