FDA revokes approval of Avastin for breast cancer

WASHINGTON&mdash;The government delivered a blow to some desperate patients Friday as it ruled the blockbuster drug Avastin should no longer be used to treat advanced breast cancer.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=Yl_EIS7YWxg:i6LRiLea69w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=Yl_EIS7YWxg:i6LRiLea69w:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=Yl_EIS7YWxg:i6LRiLea69w:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=Yl_EIS7YWxg:i6LRiLea69w:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=Yl_EIS7YWxg:i6LRiLea69w:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=Yl_EIS7YWxg:i6LRiLea69w:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dp-news-topstories/~4/Yl_EIS7YWxg" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

Tags:  front page news stories articles