Clinical evaluation of biologically targeted drugs: Obstacles and opportunities

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, Supplement

Volumn 42, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Boral, Anthony L ^a   Dessain, Scott ^a   Chabner, Bruce A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Antisense; Apoptosis; Metastasis; Molecular mechanisms; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; ANGIOGENIN; ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ANGIOSTATIN; ANTIBODY; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BATIMASTAT; CM 101; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CT 2584; FUMAGILLOL CHLOROACETYLCARBAMATE; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12; MARIMASTAT; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; OCTREOTIDE; PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE; PRINOMASTAT; SEMAXANIB; TELOMERASE; THALIDOMIDE; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYMOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031671891     PISSN: 09439404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002800051075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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