Systemic administration of bevacizumab increases the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with metastatic cancer

Int J Cardiol. 2012 Feb 9;154(3):341-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.10.115. Epub 2011 Nov 9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / administration & dosage*
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / adverse effects
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / administration & dosage*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / adverse effects
  • Bevacizumab
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / chemically induced
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Prognosis
  • Prospective Studies
  • Risk Factors

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Bevacizumab