Clinical translation of angiogenesis inhibitors

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 727-739

  Kerbel, Robert ^a   Folkman, Judah ^b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Children's Hosptial ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (8 HYDROXY 6 METHOXY 1 OXO 1H 2 BENZOPYRAN 3 YL)PROPIONIC ACID; 2 METHOXYESTRADIOL; 2,4 DIMETHYL 5 (2 OXO 1H INDOL 3 YLMETHYLENE) 3 PYRROLEPROPIONIC ACID; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANGIOSTATIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARRESTEN; BEVACIZUMAB; CANERTINIB; CANSTATIN; CETUXIMAB; COMBRETASTATIN; ENDOSTATIN; ERLOTINIB; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; FUMAGILLOL CHLOROACETYLCARBAMATE; GEFITINIB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY LM 609; PACLITAXEL; PKI 1666; SUNITINIB; THROMBOSPONDIN; TRASTUZUMAB; TUMSTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANDETANIB; VATALANIB; VINBLASTINE; THALIDOMIDE;

ANGIOGENESIS; CANCER; CANCER RESISTANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; OSTEOSARCOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; CELL MOTION; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; NEOPLASM; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; CELL MOVEMENT; CLINICAL TRIALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; GENES, P53; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; THALIDOMIDE;

EID: 0036780251     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc905     Document Type: Review

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