For patients with HCC that have stable disease on immunotherapy alone, would you consider adding bevacizumab at the time of disease progression and continue immunotherapy?
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Medical Oncology · University of Colorado School of Medicine
Given we now have multiple options for treatment of HCC in the second line setting, at present, I would favor transition to a TKI or ramucirumab. If the patient had prolonged stable disease on single-agent immunotherapy and could potentially tolerate ipilimumab/ nivolumab, I would consider this regi...
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Medical Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Yes, this is applicable to patients who are on single agent immunotherapy, since the atezo/bev combination carries different mechanism of synergistic potential than single agent immunotherapy. Notably, currently approved second line agents are indicated after progression on sorafenib, however, curre...