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Avastin is approved for use as an initial therapy for advanced colorectal, lung and breast cancer.

He said that while the two new studies show that Avastin should not be used as an initial therapy for glioblastoma, the drug was still very effective when used to treat recurrences, which is what it is approved for.

These were initially used for individuals experiencing on-off fluctuations and dyskinesias as a complementary therapy to levodopa; they are now mainly used on their own as an initial therapy for motor symptoms with the aim of delaying motor complications.

ACEis have been recommended as an initial therapy for DM to decelerate development of DN with or without hypertension.

High-dose dexamethasone (40 mg per day for 4 consecutive days) has also been investigated as an initial therapy for adults with ITP (Cheng et al. 2003).

Mycophenolate mofetil (720 mg/day, oral) was prescribed for Behçet's disease because the patient had previously experienced nausea and vomiting with azathioprine, which had been prescribed before as an initial therapy for Behcet's disease by a rheumatologist.

Therefore, it is likely that they will continue to be used as an initial therapy option for short-term treatment of ITP, despite tolerability issues.

As acetaminophen is inexpensive and well tolerated it is likely that it will continue to be used as an initial therapy option for the initial treatment of patients with mild to moderate OA pain.

The treatment arms were: (A) initial therapy with tamoxifen for 5 years, (B) initial therapy with letrozole for 5 years, (C) initial therapy with tamoxifen for 2 years followed by letrozole for 3 years, or (D) initial therapy with letrozole for 2 years followed by tamoxifen for 3 years.

Radical nephroureterectomy is a routine initial therapy for most patients with TCC of the renal pelvis or ureter.

Fluconazole is the most common systemic antifungal agent prescribed for treatment of candidemia and invasive candidiasis; however, the 2009 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) treatment guidelines favor an echinocandin as initial therapy for candidemia in patients with moderately severe to severe illness.