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Are there any contraindications to or concerns with radiating a rectal cancer patient receiving bevacizumab?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Mississippi Medical Center

Bevacizumab has a modest radiosensitizing effect and the combination has tried to improve response rates in rectal cancers. At radiation doses normally used to treat rectal cancers, the combination does not significantly increase toxicities and hence considered safe to use.

However, radiation is oft...

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