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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. Teens are getting colorectal cancer at unprecedented rates ...

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    For example, the blockbuster drug Avastin was originally approved to treat colorectal cancer in 2004, but then later approved as a lung cancer treatment in 2006 and brain and kidney cancer ...

  4. Roche's Avastin Fails in Early-Stage Colon Cancer Study

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    Avastin -- which was first approved for metastatic colorectal cancer in 2004, and later for non-small cell lung cancer, metastatic kidney cancer, breast cancer and glioblastoma (brain tumor ...

  5. FOLFOX - Wikipedia

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    Adjuvant treatment in patients with stage III colon cancer is recommended [2] for 12 cycles, every two weeks. The recommended dose schedule is as follows: Day 1: Oxaliplatin 85 mg/m 2 intravenous (IV) infusion in 250-500 mL D5W and leucovorin 200 mg/m 2 IV infusion in D5W administered concurrently over 120 minutes in separate bags using a Y-line, followed by fluorouracil (5-FU) 400 mg/m 2 IV ...

  6. FOLFIRI - Wikipedia

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    FOLFIRI is a chemotherapy regimen for treatment of colorectal cancer. It is made up of the following drugs: [ 1] FOL – folinic acid ( leucovorin ), a vitamin B derivative with multiple applications, which in this context decreases the cytotoxicity of 5-fluorouracil; F – fluorouracil (5-FU), a pyrimidine analog and antimetabolite which ...

  7. AstraZeneca Shares Drop on Failed Colon Cancer Drug Trial

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    AstraZeneca (AZN) on Monday said that its experimental oncology drug Recentin failed a late-stage, head-to-head trial with Roche's (RHHBY) Avastin as a treatment for colon cancer. The issue for ...

  8. Targeted therapy - Wikipedia

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    It is approved for the use in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. Bevacizumab targets circulating VEGF ligand. It is approved for use in the treatment of colon cancer, breast cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, and is investigational in the treatment of sarcoma. Its use for the treatment of brain tumors has been recommended. [28]

  9. Colon cancer staging - Wikipedia

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    Colon cancer staging is an estimate of the amount of penetration of a particular cancer. It is performed for diagnostic and research purposes, and to determine the best method of treatment. The systems for staging colorectal cancers depend on the extent of local invasion, the degree of lymph node involvement and whether there is distant ...

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