FDA Takes Cautious Approach to Avastin as Metastatic Breast Cancer Treatment

by PJ Hamel
Sunday, December 09, 2007

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When the news broke December 5 that an FDA expert panel had voted 5-4 to reject Avastin (bevacizumab) as an approved breast cancer treatment because of serious side effects, I experienced a m...

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Jeane
Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 12:14 AM

Hi PJ,
I thought you might find this interesting.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/91556.php

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