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Article: MAINTENANCE TREATMENT WITH AVASTIN AND TARCEVA AIDS LUNG CANCER.
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- June 5, 2009
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Maintenance Treatment With Avastin and Tarceva in Combination Helps Lung Cancer Patients Live Longer Without Their Disease Worsening
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- Phase III ATLAS Study Achieves a New Milestone in Treating Advanced Lung Cancer
BASEL, May 31 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Roche announced today that the Phase III ATLAS study showed patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received Avastin(R) (bevacizumab) and Tarceva(R) (erlotinib) as combined first-line maintenance treatment had a 39 percent improvement in the time they lived without ...