Perforated Gastric Ulcer Associated with Anti-Angiogenic Therapy

Anti-angiogenic therapy with bevacizumab, an inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor, is commonly used in metastatic colorectal cancer and is rarely associated with gastrointestinal perforation, perforation being more frequent in the primary tumor site or at the anastomotic level. We present...

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Main Author: Libânio,Diogo (author)
Other Authors: Brandão,Catarina (author), Pimentel-Nunes,Pedro (author), Dinis-Ribeiro,Mário (author)
Format: report
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2341-45452017000600006
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:scielo:S2341-45452017000600006