ZD6474, a potent inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor signaling, combined with radiotherapy: Schedule-dependent enhancement of antitumor activity

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 10, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 8587-8593

  Williams, Kaye J ^a   Telfer, Brian A ^a   Brave, Sandra ^b   Kendrew, Jane ^b   Whittaker, Lynsey ^b   Stratford, Ian J ^a   Wedge, Stephen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GEFITINIB; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; VANDETANIB; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; OXYGEN; PIPERIDINES; QUINAZOLINES; RADIOTHERAPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 11144223542     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-04-1147     Document Type: Article

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