Many Years Young: Avastin Doesn't Benefit Breast Cancer Patients ...

(MyHealthNewsDaily) The drug Avastin neither prolongs the lives of breast cancer patients nor improves their quality of life, a new review of several randomized control trials of the drug confirms.

Researchers found that women with metastatic breast cancer?who took Avastin along with their chemotherapy treatments survived about two to six weeks longer than those who took a placebo with their chemotherapy ? but the difference between the groups could have been due to chance or factors other than the drug, according to the study.

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Source: http://www.manyyearsyoung.com/2012/07/avastin-doesnt-benefit-breast-cancer.html

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