Published in Proteomics Weekly, August 21st, 2006
According to recent research from Germany, "Tumor angiogenesis is believed to result from an imbalance of pro- and anti-angiogenic factors, some of which are candidates for targeted therapy. Such therapy has raised hopes for patients with undifferentiated thyroid carcinomas, who are facing a grave prognosis with a survival of only months."
In this study, in vivo growth of xenografted human thyroid carcinomas unexpectedly responded quite differently to neutralizing anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) antibody," said Sebastian Hoffmann and colleagues at Philipps...
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Source: Proteomics Weekly (2006-08-21)
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