There is a great deal of evidence indicating that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is important for the survival and proliferation of cancer cells. VEGF plays an important role in angiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis, and tumor growth, which are all factors that contribute to its attractiveness as a therapeutic target for anti-cancer therapies.
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As a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor, bevacizumab is used in several chemotherapy regimens to treat metastatic colorectal cancer; metastatic, unresectable, locally advanced or recurrent non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer; metastatic renal cell carcinoma; metastatic, persistent, or recurrent cervical cancer; primary peritoneal cancer;...
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
NSABP Foundation, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office, Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Graves-Gilbert Clinic, Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States
Oncology Hematology Associates of SW Indiana, Evansville, Indiana, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office, Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Lyndon Baines Johnson General Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States
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