Dr. Tewari on Bevacizumab in Advanced Cervical Cancer

Name: Dr. Tewari on Bevacizumab in Advanced Cervical Cancer
Uploaded: 2013-06-02T06:15:10.000Z
Description: Krishnansu S. Tewari, MD, from the University of California Irvine in Orange, California, discusses the effectiveness of bevacizumab in relapsed and metastatic cervical cancer.

June 2, 2013

Krishnansu S. Tewari, MD

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Conference|ASCO Annual Meeting

Krishnansu S. Tewari, MD, from the University of California Irvine in Orange, California, discusses the effectiveness of bevacizumab in relapsed and metastatic cervical cancer.

Krishnansu S. Tewari, MD, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California Irvine in Orange, California, discusses the effectiveness of bevacizumab in relapsed and metastatic cervical cancer.

A phase III trial performed by the GOG compared chemotherapy alone to chemotherapy plus bevacizumab. Overall, the median overall survival for patients who received bevacizumab plus chemotherapy was 17.0 months compared 13.3 months. Indicating an effective biologic agent where none previously existed, Tewari explains.