When treating stage IVB cervical cancer with both systemic chemotherapy and local pelvic radiation therapy, do you incorporate the use of bevacizumab as in GOG 240?
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Radiation Oncology · Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
I generally favor starting with multi-agent systemic therapy (Carbo/Taxol/Avastin +/- Pembro) upfront to confirm that the patient is going to respond appropriately and not blossom with metastatic disease prior to making a decision of radiating the pelvis in oligometastatic cervical cancer, similar t...
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Radiation Oncology · Allegheny Health Network
Would hold bev for 4 weeks prior to and after EBRT due to the risk of small bowel bleeding.