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Ovarian Cancer: Should I go on Maintenance Therapy?

Gynecologic Cancers | Last Active: Nov 13 1:41pm | Replies (59)
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@katycot

I continued Avastin for a full year. My blood pressure was well controlled during this time and I think I could have continued safely, but the pharmacy felt the benefits would not out way the risks at that point. The major risk I believe was a recurrence requiring surgery, which we were anticipating due to some PET activity that’s been under watch. I think the longer off, the better healing I would have for another abdominal surgery. Since going off about 10 months ago, I have had a small increase in activity on the PET, but nothing significant enough to warrant treatment. I think it’s been an excellent choice to use it, although I was not certain I should at the time. Best of luck to you sis.

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charlotte12 | @charlotte12 | Oct 8 5:01pm

Thank you for the quick reply. Did you have the maintenance therapy with avastin (or bevacizumab) right after
your first line treatment? I need dental work done and avastin may interfere with healing of
my dental procedures. Oncologist recommended: No dental work, extraction, till 6 weeks after the last chemo treatment, then get my
teeth fixed, then wait another 3 weeks or so based on healing process, then I start the avastin treatment which is to last 30 minutes each time, no other drugs injected. Did you get a port or could you tolerate the infusion with the needle? Did you experience other side effects besides high blood pressure? I still deal with side effects from the last chemo, pain, neuropathy, fatigue, taste change.

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