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
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Department of Radiation Oncology; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Department of Oncology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Insitute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Kaiser Permanente - Vallejo, Vallejo, California, United States
Anne Arundel Health System Research Instit-Annapolis Oncology Ctr, Annapolis, Maryland, United States
University Cancer & Blood Center, LLC; Research, Athens, Georgia, United States
University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States
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