Monoclonal Antibodies for Cancer Treatment Why It Is Used
Bevacizumab is used to treat cancer, including colorectal and
lung cancers. It is also used for brain tumors and kidney
cancer. Bevacizumab may be used to treat cancers that are
continuing to grow despite other treatment (treatment-
resistant), cancers that have spread to other organs
(metastasized), or cancers that have come back (recurrent).
Cetuximab and panitumumab are used to treat cancer, such as
metastatic colorectal cancer. Cetuximab may also be used to
treat skin cancer. |By:||Reference Healthwise Staff||Last
Revised: September 5, 2012| |Medical Review:||Reference E.
Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine Reference Kenneth Bark,
MD - Surgery, Colon and Rectal