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Do you have a higher threshold regarding when to hold bevacizumab for proteinuria in patients who had known baseline proteinuria from diabetic nephropathy?

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Nephrology · Yale

This is an interesting question. It’s not uncommon to have patients with cancer who have other underlying conditions that may lead to proteinuria. I don’t have a higher or lower threshold to recommend holding VEGF inhibitors, but in all patients who are on them who develop proteinuria, the degree of...

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Nephrology · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

I agree with Dr. @Dr. First Last. Each patient has their associated comorbidities and their response to bevacizumab and availability of other therapeutic options do factor into the decision-making regarding tolerable levels of proteinuria. The proteinuria trend also factors into decision-making. If ...

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