Do you include bevacizumab with chemotherapy in patients with metastatic colon cancer with an intact primary tumor who have intermittent obstructive symptoms?

Topics: Gastrointestinal Cancers • Medical Oncology

How do you assess the risk of complications from including bevacizumab vs the known benefits of including it with chemotherapy?

Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution

I agree with Dr. @Shaalan Beg. If I am worried that obstruction could happen but we are not at the point where we need to pause for a diversion, I will start chemo without bevacizumab for the first 2 to 3 doses - so that we get that response that he mentions - and then I can add without being too wo...

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