Taxol With Avastin Greatly Slowed Breast Cancer Progression, Study Shows

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Taxol With Avastin Greatly Slowed Breast Cancer Progression, Study Shows

Treatment of breast cancer with Taxol and Avastin increased the period patients went without progression of their disease from 5.9 months to 11.8 months. "The tumor can't grow bigger than the size of a sesame seed without an oxygen supply," said one of the researchers. "And patients can stay on Avastin as long at it works. It is not a chemotherapy drug so it has minimal toxicity. "


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