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Friday, March 04, 2016

Weekly Paclitaxel Prolongs PFS in a Subset of Ovarian Cancer Patients



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 "We believe that the effect of the Avastin neutralized the effect of weekly paclitaxel," Dr. Chan told Reuters Health in a telephone interview. "If you look at the subgroup of patients who did not get (bevacizumab), weekly paclitaxel was beneficial. In fact, it had a 38% improvement in our cohort in progressive-free survival."

 (abstract) NEJM

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