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Avastin is the latest chemotherapy medicine by Hoffman La Roche as of 2010 after Alimta. It is very expensive medicine for cancer treatment. It can be used with Cisplatin and Gemzar. But still it has very less success rate in 3rd stage of cancer (espacially lungs cancer). I must say that pharmaceutical company should not play with the lives. I mean to say that price should be low so that maximum people can afford it.
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Who makes avastin?
Avastin is made by Genentech.
How is Avastin used?
Avastin is used to treat various types of cancer, including colorectal, lung, kidney, and brain cancers. It works by blocking the growth of blood vessels that supply nutrients to the tumors, slowing down their growth and, in some cases, shrinking the tumors. Avastin is typically administered intravenously by a healthcare provider.
What is Avastin used for?
Avastin is indicated for treatment of colorectal cancer, kidney cancer, and glioblastoma multiforme. It is no longer indicated for metastatic breast cancer, as it was shown to be ineffective for that application. Avastin, or Bevacizumab as it is also called, is also used to treat some angiogenesis-related degenerative diseases of the eye including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and diabetic macular edema.
What kind of drug is Bevacizumab?
The trade name for Bevacizumab is Avastin. This is used to slow the growth of new blood vessels. It is licensed to treat various cancers including, lung and breast.
What are some recommended kidney cancer drugs according to the Kidney Cancer Association?
According to the Kidney Cancer Association, recommended drugs for treating kidney cancer include Nexavar, Sutent, Torisel, Afinitor, Votrient, Inlyta, Avastin, and Proleukin. Another form of treatment that can be used is radiation therapy.
What is another name for Avastin?
Bevacizumab - it's a monoclonal antibody used in combination with chemotherapy in the treatment of colorectal and lung cancers. And since it's a monoclonal antibody it's very, expensive. To give you an idea it costs roughly $435 per stone of weight (i.e 12 stone person costs $5240) per fortnight (that's about $136,000 a year for a 12 stone person.)
Who discovered macular degeneration?
I have Myopic Macular Degeneration (MMD) which is caused from extremely high myopia (short sightedness). Most people with Macular Degeneration have the Age-Related form which usually occurs in people over the age of 65 and is due to ageing, as opposed to MMD which is more mechanical and caused by the stretching of the eyeball due to the high level of myopia. Although the causes of these types of MD are different, the end result is usually the same which includes loss of central vision. Central vision is the vision we use for fine detail such as reading. There are now a few drugs available that can help prevent any further vision loss and in some cases, reverse vision loss before it has a chance to scare and become permanent. These drugs are called Avastin and Lucentis, long story but both drugs acheive about the same results, although Lucentis is meant to be more effective as it has been designed for the eye, whereas Avastin was designed to treat colon cancer. Avastin is much cheaper than Lucentis so many patients around the world use Avastin. Some countries may fund Lucentis and in those areas, it will be the drug of choice. Follow My Eyes Diary (see related link below) for more info on these drugs and my experiences with them.
Is there a cure for glioblastoma?
Although there is no absolute definitive cure for glioblastomas, there are a few treatments that have proven to be very useful in fighting it. The earlier the stage and less aggressive the tumor will determine if the patient can be cured through these treatments. Some of these include surgical removal, chemotherapy using drugs such as Avastin and radiation therapy prior to or after surgery. Many times the chemotherapy is given during the other treatments. More recently, Stereotactic Radiosurgery has been used and has had excellent results. These treatments using the Cyberknife System are non invasive (whereas the Gammaknife employs the use of a rigid metal head frame that is screwed to the skull, the Cyberknife is able to treat the tumor without invasive equipment). The treatments are generally completed with 3 or less outpatient visits to an office that last about 1 hour each. The patient does not require anesthesia and walks out and can return to normal daily activities.
How is retinopathy treated in alternative medicine?
Answer I was diagnosed with proliferative diabetic retinopathy 6 years ago. Mine was so severe that my course of treatment was laser treatments to cauderize the broken blood vessels. If you are in the early stages of diabetic retinopathy, please pay close attention to your blood sugars. Unfortunately for me, it was too late to save the blood vessels and retina, even with the treatments I still lost my vision.
What is the best treatment of macular degeneration?
There are many Herbs found, which have the Natural Healing Properties.These herbs have the property to cure any kind of Muscular Disintegration.To get an idepth knowlegde you can check on some of the web sites online which would give you an Indepth knowledge about these Natural Healing Herbs . In addition to this i have found that Beta carotene Which is found in the roots of carrots can help slow down the progression of Macular degeneration. I have a doctor at the University of Michigan that i told me that i should start taking it and another one i will get back to you on that one but i have found that it has been quite helpful considering over the course of a year my vision has deteriorated from 20/40 to 20/80. After taking this for a while i have found that my vision hasn't been getting to much worse althought there is still no REAL medical way to stop it (To the best of my Knowledge).
Who is Anna O'Conner?
If you mean Anna O'Connor, She's the Founder of Anna's Hope(Charity fund research for a cure for those many precious children presently suffering from neuroblastoma) She was diagnosed with Stage IV, high risk Neuroblastoma at age 17, just prior to her senior year at Wheaton North High School. She has endured multiple rounds of chemotherapy, major surgery to remove the primary abdominal tumor, many rounds of radiation and has participated in numerous clinical trials including a high-dose radioactive isotope infusion (MIBG), monoclonal anti-bodies (3f8), a next generation targeted chemo (ABT-751), a newly engineered biological compound (CEP-701), another oral formulation, Fenretinide XLS, and rapamycin and sunitinib. Having progressed on Irinotecan & Temador, she's recently completed a trial using MIBG-Ultratrace and then was placed on an antiangiogenic called Thalidomide combined with a chemo, Temodar. Anna is enrolled in an adult clinical trial taking pf02341066, an ALK inhibitor and was on this breakthrough medicine for over a year. She is currently on a cytoxan/zometa/Avastin combination. Although still plagued by disease, spreading from several bones to her lungs, liver and multiple sites in her abdomen, she has graduated with her B.A. in Psychology from Wheaton College near her home in Wheaton, Illinois.
Can central retinal vein occlusion be cured?
Central retinal vein occlusion cure I have this problem a year or so ago, and doctors told me that it is incurable, urged me to to use Avastin injections which I refused to do. Having an innate distrust for doctors, especially the "incurable" verdict that makes one their patient for life and provides them with additional stable cash flow, I have done my own research and, as a result, completely cured myself. (My doctor reacted to this with no surprise saying "Sometimes it happens" and showed no interest when I told him that "it" happened because of what I did). What cured me is an infusion of equal parts of yarrow and celosia, a half oz of each in a quart of boiled water, steeping for about 20 minutes. I recommend drink a cup of the infusion 2 or 3 times a day. While yarrow is a well known blood purifier, celosia is comes from Traditional Chinese Medicine as specific for retinal vein occlusion. Because of that, it can be found mainly in Chinese health stores. I bought mine from an online store (see related link below). By the way, one can grow it in a backyard, which I also did. The Chinese refer to eyes as a "window of the soul" or, more practically, a "window of the liver to the world" meaning that the root cause of most eye problem is liver and/or gall bladder deficiency.
