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Metastasis: When good drugs do bad things Export

Nature Reviews Cancer, Vol. 9, No. 4., pp. 228-229.

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and related: http://www.nature.com/news/2009/012345/full/458686b.html

Nature 8 April 2009 | Nature 458, 686-687 (2009) | doi:10.1038/458686b

CUTTING OFF CANCER'S SUPPLY LINES

<Targeting the blood vessels that feed tumours is not the silver bullet once hoped for, but refinements to the strategy may suggest further ways to treat the disease.>

Erika Check Hayden

Drugs that aim to choke off a tumour's blood supply, known as angiogenesis inhibitors, have been hailed as opening a new era in cancer therapy. But a flurry of animal studies suggests that such drugs may in certain situations actually accelerate the spread of cancer.


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Therapies aimed at inhibiting angiogenesis by targeting the vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA)VEGFR2 (VEGF receptor 2) pathway have been beneficial in treating several types of cancers. However, the benefits are often short lived, and various adaptive mechanisms eventually lead to


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