what does the drug avastin do
Avastin is the brand name of the drug bevacizumab, which is used to treat certain cancers of the colon, rectum, lung, brain, ovary, cervix, and kidney.vastin is also used with chemotherapy to treat breast cancer that has not been previously treated with chemotherapy and that has spread to other parts of the body. Avastin is also used alone to treat a progressive glioblastoma, a certain type of brain tumor, which has been previously treated.