Seminars in Oncology
Volume 36 , Pages S12-S19 , April 2009

Targeting Tumor Angiogenesis

  • Puja Gaur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
    • ,
  • Debashish Bose

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
    • ,
  • Shaija Samuel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
    • ,
  • Lee M. Ellis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
    • Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Lee M. Ellis, MD, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Surgical Oncology, Unit 444, PO Box 301402, Houston, TX 77230-1402

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 STATEMENT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Lee M. Ellis, MD, the senior author of this paper, discloses the following: honoraria: Cephalon Oncology, Genentech, and Amgen; research support: Sanofi-Aventis; and Consulting: Schering Plough. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

 Supported in part by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant No. 5-T32 CA009599 (P.G., D.B.), NIH Grant No. R01 CA112390 (L.M.E.), and the William C. Liedke Chair in Cancer Research (L.M.E.).

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doi: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2009.02.002

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