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When do you feel comfortable adding bevacizumab to a BRAF-WT, KRAS-mutated colon cancer patient with previously hemorrhagic brain mets that responded to radiation?

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Medical Oncology · Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

It should be safe to add bevacizumab at this time. Radiation will reduce vascularity after 4-6 weeks. The incidence of bleeding with Bev (in the absence of anticoagulation) is quite low. Actually lower than the risk of thrombosis or wound healing complications. Go for it.

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Medical Oncology · Mayo Clinic

Completely agree with Dr. @Dr. First Last.

Colorectal cancer patients with brain metastatic disease are rare (a recent systemic review reported incidence of about 2.1%) (Müller et al., PMID 33669974) so data for this specific population is limited. However, there is a recent meta-analysis of bevaciz...

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