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Bevacizumab is given along with other medicines to treat patients with metastatic (a cancer that has spread) carcinoma of the colon or rectum. This medicine is also used to treat a certain type of metastatic lung cancer called non-squamous, non-small cell lung cancer .

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Treatment Success Rate

Top 5 Communities
Condition Members Success
Colon Cancer
61
87%
Macular Degeneration
8
88%
Ovarian Cancer
5
100%
Brain / CNS Tumors
7
86%
Renal Cell Carcinoma (K...
4
75%
Overall, 89% (98 Members) find Avastin helpful
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Avastin Reviews

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Working / Worked
This worked for the first 3 years and is the only reason I am still here
Working / Worked
Same as 5-FU
Working / Worked
After 1 injection a month later I read one higher on the eye chart. Right eye is 2025 2. Sounds great but I cant read out of that eye...lines are wavy and blurry. I read out of the left eye which has a cataract. So I dont know which eye to be more scared about the left or the right!
Working / Worked
getting this along with 5-fu
Working / Worked
no side effects
Working / Worked
Very successful at attacking the disease to make operative resection easier.
Working / Worked
Have had issues where just scratching my skin for an itch caused capillaries to burst making a red rash on my skin. My oncologist lowered my dosage.
Working / Worked
Excellent loss of hair fatigue for a day or so couldnt taste food.
Working / Worked
Worked very well my lung cancer disappeared after 6 months been in remission for 20 months. Had hair loss fatigue for a day but couldnt taste any food.
Working / Worked
This one's a trip after having had colon resection surgery. Or should I say a blast based on bathroom experiences.
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Discussions

  1. Discussion: Eylea VS Avastin VS Lucentis
    Here's what I'd argue, Deb; there’s no way to know definitively whether Eylea was the factor that improved your condition. It’s certainly good th... [More]
  2. Discussion: Eylea VS Avastin VS Lucentis
    Thank you, Debbie. This gives me much hope. [More]
  3. Discussion: Eylea VS Avastin VS Lucentis
    I was diagnosed awhile ago with dry and just 4 months ago, my right transitioned to wet. My first injection was Avastin - no change. Second injectio... [More]
  4. Discussion: Eylea VS Avastin VS Lucentis
    It's been rather quiet here for for a while, so I thought I'd throw out a sort of impromptu survey/inquiry. In a recent injection visit, it was sug... [More]
  5. Discussion: Avastin/Interferon
    Has anyone had any experience with either one of these drugs? [More]