Do you include bevacizumab with chemotherapy in patients with metastatic colon cancer with an intact primary tumor who have intermittent obstructive symptoms?
How do you assess the risk of complications from including bevacizumab vs the known benefits of including it with chemotherapy?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
I agree with Dr. @Shaalan Beg. If I am worried that obstruction could happen but we are not at the point where we need to pause for a diversion, I will start chemo without bevacizumab for the first 2 to 3 doses - so that we get that response that he mentions - and then I can add without being too wo...