Patients with metastatic stomach or esophageal cancers driven by a mutated HER2 gene had markedly improved response rates and survival when Avastin (bevacizumab) was added to a combination of capecitabine and oxaliplatin chemotherapy and Herceptin (trastuzumab).
As NCI paylines drop to 4%, cancer centers are tapping into their institutional funds to provide “bridge funding,” typically in $50,000 to $100,000 increments, to enable investigators to keep their labs open until better times return—next year God willing.
