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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 .
Bevacizumab is a substance that helps th... continue
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Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Colon Cancer | 39 |
87% |
| Macular Degeneration | 5 |
100% |
| Brain / CNS Tumors | 3 |
100% |
| Breast Cancer | 3 |
100% |
| Chemotherapy | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 92% (60
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Avastin Reviews
Too Soon To Tell
4 Avastin injections within past 3 months, but vision seems to be continuing to deteriorate
Considering
Don't really know. Caused me to have a lot of joint and muscle pain which I still endure 6 months later.
Not Working
Because of surgery, Mom started this treatment. Too soon to tell results...update.. TERRIBLE for her! won't go back and can't remember what they switched her to.
Not Working
Because of surgery, Mom started this treatment. Too soon to tell results...update.. TERRIBLE for her! won't go back and can't remember what they switched her to.
Not Working
Did not work. It did however raise is jaundice count
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Yaffa2, I hope your family doctor is able to help you with your fear. I have had injections without side effects and had photos that showed the blood... [More] -
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Hi, I have only had two sessions of Avastin this round and already I have had one of my arms go numb and it continuously feels as though it has pins a... [More] -
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Mom just seems to have trouble falling asleep, but the doctor didn't think it was from the Avastin, but who knows? She takes a sleeping pill. [More] -
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Anyone have avastin as part of their treatment regimen? I had the 5 fu, oxplaitin combo. Finished chemo in June--only received 11 treatments---and e... [More] -
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Well the previous oral medication has severe side effects that could not be controlled with other medications. Today was my first IV chemotherapy tre... [More]
