FDA revokes Avastin as breast cancer treatment

The cancer drug Avastin should not be used to treat breast cancer that has spread to other organs because it doesn't help patients enough to justify its risky side effects, the Food and Drug Administration ruled Friday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=_TcH3PbSg8U:r2zlWqx_ROI: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=_TcH3PbSg8U:r2zlWqx_ROI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=_TcH3PbSg8U:r2zlWqx_ROI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=_TcH3PbSg8U:r2zlWqx_ROI: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=_TcH3PbSg8U:r2zlWqx_ROI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=_TcH3PbSg8U:r2zlWqx_ROI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dp-news-topstories/~4/_TcH3PbSg8U" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

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