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Bevacizumab Maintenance Falls Short of Statistical Goal
Bevacizumab Maintenance Falls Short of Statistical Goal
N Osterweil
20100525
2010 Jun 25
Elsevier Global Medical News
Bevacizumab Maintenance Falls Short of Statistical Goal
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Jun 25, N Osterweil
CHICAGO (EGMN) —Maintenance therapy with bevacizumab fell short of statistical non-inferiority to maintenance with standard XELOX chemotherapy plus bevacizumab for metastatic colorectal cancer, but that may not matter when quality of life is considered, according to investigators from the MACRO trial of the Spanish Cooperative Group for the Treatment of Digestive Tumors."This study suggests that maintenance therapy with single-agent bevacizumab [Avastin] may be an appropriate treatment option following...