Advanced lung cancer patients see improved, progression-free survival

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 10:49 in Health & Medicine

Patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer whose disease has progressed following chemotherapy have a higher rate of tumor shrinkage and a longer interval before cancer progression when bevacizumab is added to standard second-line erlotinib therapy, according to a study presented at the 2008 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology.

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