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Bevacizumab Significantly Improves Survival for Patients With Advanced Cervical Cancer

Patients with advanced cervical cancer who received the drug bevacizumab (Avastin) lived a median 3.7 months longer than patients who did not receive the drug, according to interim results from a large, randomized clinical trial.

•	NCI press release: bevacizumab and cervical cancer
•	Cervical Cancer home page
•	Bevacizumab information summary

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Fostering Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Public Health

NCI's Technology Transfer Center (TTC) makes it easier for research discoveries made in NIH laboratories to become marketable products that improve public health. The Center facilitates partnerships between industry or academia and NIH scientists.

•	Teaming to Bring Better Cancer Tools to Market
•	Technology Transfer Center
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Understanding Cancer Prognosis

What is the likely course of my disease? What do survival statistics mean for me? How does cancer affect my plans for the future? A new NCI video series has insights about these and other prognosis questions from three cancer patients and their doctor; a related fact sheet provides additional details.

•	View the NCI Prognosis Video Series
•	Read the NCI Fact Sheet: Understanding Cancer Prognosis

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