Bevacizumab side effects and adverse clinical complications in colorectal cancer patients: review article

This review aimed to evaluate the effect of bevacizumab on adverse events and the quality of life (QoL) from colorectal cancer (CRC) patient. METHODS: A literature search was conducted from PUBMED, MEDLINE databases and some valid literatures from another databases that published in the last 10 years, and the design is an observational and randomized controlled trial (RCT). RESULTS: CRC is a malignancy, which happens in the colon or rectum. One of the therapy for CRC is by using bevacizumab, a monoclonal antibody. However, the usage of bevacizumab is still become a controversy because of its clinical complications. Several studies showed that bevacizumab could cause some adverse events in the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hematology, and others body systems and affect the CRC patient QoL. However, the clinical complication of this drug is also affected by the combination therapy regimen used. CONCLUSIONS: The use of bevacizumab could cause some adverse event in different aspects, including cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hematology, and others. Some of those are significant, but others are not. Besides that, using bevacizumab as a treatment regiment could also affect the QoL of CRC patients, but it is also affected by the combination therapy regimen used.