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Dr. Marisa Weiss, president and founder of Breastcancer.org and a breast oncologist in the Philadelphia area submitted a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration prior to the Oncology Drug Advisory Committee (ODAC) meeting to review data for Avastin’s use in metastatic HER2-negative breast cancer. In light of today’s news that the FDA has recommended removing Avastin’s approval to treat breast cancer, Breastcancer.org is making public Dr. Weiss’ ODAC letter in its entirety.

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