Angiogenesis in neuroendocrine tumors: Therapeutic applications

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-56

  Scoazec, Jean Yves ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Anti angiogenic treatments; mTOR inhibitors; Somatostatin analogues; Tyrosine kinase inhibitors; VEGF; VEGF receptors

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYESTRADIOL; ALPHA INTERFERON; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; AXITINIB; BEVACIZUMAB; BRIVANIB; CEDIRANIB; CRENOLANIB; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; EVEROLIMUS; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN INHIBITOR; NILOTINIB; NINTEDANIB; OCTREOTIDE; PAZOPANIB; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; RANIBIZUMAB; RAPAMYCIN; REGORAFENIB; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; TELATINIB; TEMSIROLIMUS; THALIDOMIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANDETANIB; VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR; VATALANIB; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; SEMAPHORIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN B; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIANGIOGENIC THERAPY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL; CARCINOID; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CARCINOMA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PATHOLOGY; AGGRESSIVENESS; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; HORMONE RELEASE; UPREGULATION;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 84874105556     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338371     Document Type: Review

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