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Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 3, 22–23 (1 January 2006) | doi:10.1038/ncponc0380

Does bevacizumab improve survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with chemotherapy?

Axel Grothey

Kabbinavar FF et al. (2005) Combined analysis of efficacy: the addition of bevacizumab to fluorouracil/leucovorin improves survival for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. J Clin Oncol 23: 3706–3712 Synopsis Background Overall survival (OS) rates in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) remain low.