Normalization of the vasculature for treatment of cancer and other diseases

S Goel, DG Duda, L Xu, LL Munn… - Physiological …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
New vessel formation (angiogenesis) is an essential physiological process for embryologic
development, normal growth, and tissue repair. Angiogenesis is tightly regulated at the …

Antiangiogenic therapy: impact on invasion, disease progression, and metastasis

JML Ebos, RS Kerbel - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2011 - nature.com
Antiangiogenic drugs targeting the VEGF pathway have slowed metastatic disease
progression in some patients, leading to progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival …

Stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases: analysis of outcome and risk of brain radionecrosis

G Minniti, E Clarke, G Lanzetta, MF Osti, G Trasimeni… - Radiation …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose to investigate the factors affecting survival and toxicity in patients treated with
stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), with special attention to volumes of brain receiving a …

Lung cancer: New biological insights and recent therapeutic advances

SS Ramalingam, TK Owonikoko… - CA: a cancer journal for …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Approximately 1.6 million new cases of lung cancer are diagnosed each year throughout the
world. In many countries, the mortality related to lung cancer continues to rise. The outcomes …

VEGF and angiopoietin signaling in tumor angiogenesis and metastasis

P Saharinen, L Eklund, K Pulkki, P Bono… - Trends in molecular …, 2011 - cell.com
Solid tumors require blood vessels for growth and dissemination, and lymphatic vessels as
additional conduits for metastatic spread. The identification of growth factor receptor …

Efficacy of bevacizumab plus erlotinib versus erlotinib alone in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer after failure of standard first-line chemotherapy (BeTa): a double …

RS Herbst, R Ansari, F Bustin, P Flynn, L Hart… - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Background Bevacizumab and erlotinib target different tumour growth pathways with little
overlap in their toxic-effect profiles. On the basis of promising results from a phase 1/2 trial …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatocyte growth factor expression in EGFR mutant lung cancer with intrinsic and acquired resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors in a Japanese cohort

S Yano, T Yamada, S Takeuchi, K Tachibana… - Journal of thoracic …, 2011 - Elsevier
Introduction: This study was performed to determine the incidence rates of resistance factors,
ie, high-level hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) expression, epidermal growth factor receptor …

Vandetanib plus pemetrexed for the second-line treatment of advanced non–small-cell lung cancer: A randomized, double-blind phase III trial

RH De Boer, Ó Arrieta, CH Yang, M Gottfried… - Journal of Clinical …, 2011 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Vandetanib is a once-daily oral inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor
receptor and epidermal growth factor receptor signaling. This randomized, placebo …

[HTML][HTML] Novel therapeutic targets in non-small cell lung cancer

F Janku, I Garrido-Laguna, LB Petruzelka… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2011 - Elsevier
The development of personalized medicine with a focus on novel targeted therapies has
supplanted the one-size-fits-all approach to the treatment of many cancers, including non …

Strategies for overcoming resistance to EGFR family tyrosine kinase inhibitors

G Giaccone, Y Wang - Cancer treatment reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
The first-generation epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors erlotinib and
gefitinib have been incorporated into treatment paradigms for patients with advanced non …