Mechanisms of resistance to anti-angiogenic therapy and development of third-generation anti-angiogenic drug candidates

Genes and Cancer

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-25

  Loges, Sonja ^a   Schmidt, Thomas ^a   Carmeliet, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Novel drug candidates; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; BEVACIZUMAB; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PACLITAXEL; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIANGIOGENIC THERAPY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL GROWTH; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; FIBROBLAST; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; NRP GENE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERICYTE; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 77952673621     PISSN: 19476019     EISSN: 19476027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1947601909356574     Document Type: Article

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