Assessing metastasis risk after pre‐operative anti‐angiogenic therapy

Abstract Anti‐angiogenic drugs are approved for the treatment of several cancer types, generally in the inoperable locally advanced or metastatic setting and in combination with other anti‐cancer agents. Recent clinical studies also suggest that anti‐angiogenic drugs can be useful in the pre‐operati...

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Main Authors: Daniela Biziato, Michele De Palma
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Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2014-11-01
Series:EMBO Molecular Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201404640
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description Abstract Anti‐angiogenic drugs are approved for the treatment of several cancer types, generally in the inoperable locally advanced or metastatic setting and in combination with other anti‐cancer agents. Recent clinical studies also suggest that anti‐angiogenic drugs can be useful in the pre‐operative (neoadjuvant) setting, by facilitating the shrinkage of the primary tumour and its surgical resection. However, the effects of neoadjuvant anti‐angiogenic therapy on the ability of tumours to form distant metastases are unclear. In this issue of EMBO Molecular Medicine, Ebos et al (2014) present carefully performed pre‐clinical studies in mice that analyse the effects of pre‐operative anti‐angiogenic therapy on tumour metastasis and survival.
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spelling doaj-art-05d7a709f88f4e7bab459cdbb758f6d52025-08-20T03:43:01ZengSpringer NatureEMBO Molecular Medicine1757-46761757-46842014-11-016121515151710.15252/emmm.201404640Assessing metastasis risk after pre‐operative anti‐angiogenic therapyDaniela Biziato0Michele De Palma1The Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)The Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)Abstract Anti‐angiogenic drugs are approved for the treatment of several cancer types, generally in the inoperable locally advanced or metastatic setting and in combination with other anti‐cancer agents. Recent clinical studies also suggest that anti‐angiogenic drugs can be useful in the pre‐operative (neoadjuvant) setting, by facilitating the shrinkage of the primary tumour and its surgical resection. However, the effects of neoadjuvant anti‐angiogenic therapy on the ability of tumours to form distant metastases are unclear. In this issue of EMBO Molecular Medicine, Ebos et al (2014) present carefully performed pre‐clinical studies in mice that analyse the effects of pre‐operative anti‐angiogenic therapy on tumour metastasis and survival.https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201404640
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title_full Assessing metastasis risk after pre‐operative anti‐angiogenic therapy
title_fullStr Assessing metastasis risk after pre‐operative anti‐angiogenic therapy
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title_short Assessing metastasis risk after pre‐operative anti‐angiogenic therapy
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