“…Using groups of 30 animals each, 400 mg/kg of talc (USP Pharmacy; São Paulo, Brazil) or 0.5% silver nitrate (Merck, Germany) was injected (2 mL) into the right pleural cavity. Half of the animals of each group received, according to previous studies, 5 mg/kg of bevacizumab (Avastin®, Roche, Switzerland) intravenously 30 min before the sclerosing agents [8,11].…”