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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder of upper and lower motor neurons that results in progressive motor impairment. ALS is the most common disease of motor neurons with an annual incidence of approximately 1.7–2.5 per 100,000 people. It is a terminal condition with a typical life expectancy of 2–5 years from symptom onset. […]

Study Finds Bevacizumab Prolongs Life Among Patients With Deadly Brain Cancer

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Published Online: Feb 19th 2014

Mayo Clinic neuro-oncologist Derek Johnson, M.D. discusses study that shows patients with glioblastoma who died in 2010, after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of bevacizumab, lived significantly longer than patients who died of the disease in 2008, prior to the conditional approval of the drug for the treatment of the deadly brain cancer.

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