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Taxol + Avastin for Metastatic breast cancer
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Hey you guys
Large study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine Dec 27,2007 enrolled 722 patients with new diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer and gave them either: Taxol (Paclitaxel) alone OR Taxol plus Avastin (Bevacizumab)

Here is what they found:
Initial therapy of metastatic breast cancer with Taxol plus Avastin prolongs PROGRESSION-FREE SURVIVAL but NOT overall survival as compared to Taxol alone

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