作者: Gilberto de Castro Junior , Fabio Puglisi , Evandro de Azambuja , Nagi S. El Saghir , Ahmad Awada
DOI: 10.1016/J.CRITREVONC.2006.02.007
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摘要: Angiogenesis plays a crucial role in facilitating tumor growth and the metastatic process, it is result of dynamic balance between pro-angiogenic factors, like vascular endothelial factor (VEGF) platelet-derived factor, antiangiogenic thrombospondin-1 angiostatin. Many drugs that target human tumors, bevacizumab some VEGF-receptor tyrosine-kinase inhibitors (e.g., BAY 43-9006, SU11248 PTK787/ZK222584) have been studied clinical trials, with favorable toxicity reports encouraging results advanced colorectal cancer, renal cell breast cancer non-squamous non-small lung either combined chemotherapy, or monotherapy. Another potential approach to inhibiting angiogenesis through metronomic chemotherapy (low doses for long periods time). This review describes mechanisms angiogenic process evaluates recent data about therapies trials.