Vol 12, No 5 (2016)
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Treatment of advanced ovarian cancer with bevacizumab in Poland — a chance to improve survival still missed

Paweł Blecharz, Radosław Mądry, Marek Jasiówka
DOI: 10.5603/OCP.2016.0009
Oncol Clin Pract 2016;12(5):167-178.

Abstract

In Poland the use of bevacizumab, angiogenesis inhibitor, in the treatment of patients with advanced ovarian cancer is financed by the Ministry of Health within the existing Drug Program. Available data indicate that not all patients who could benefit from such a treatment finally receive it. There could be many different reasons for this situation — some are due to patients’ clinical characteristics, but other result from misunderstanding of the eligibility criteria and the rules of the treatment program by physicians. The presented publication discusses comprehensively some oncological criteria that could be a subject of discussion, and which make qualification to bevacizumab-containing treatment more difficult.  

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