Do you use bevacizumab in patients with history of VTE (DVT/PE) who are stable on anticoagulation?

Topics: Lung Cancer • Gastrointestinal Cancers • Medical Oncology • Thrombosis • Hematology

Would it make a difference if the VTE diagnosis occurs during bevacizumab therapy or whether it preceded the cancer diagnosis?

Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution

I have used bevacizumab in many patients who are stable on therapeutic anticoagulation for prior VTE. If the first VTE occurs during treatment with bevacizumab, I hold the drug and then consider restarting it (if warranted by the clinical situation) after a period of stability on therapeutic anticoa...

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