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Blockade of the vascular endothelial growth factor-receptor 2 pathway inhibits the growth of human renal cell carcinoma, RBM1-IT4, in the kidney but not in the bone of nude mice.
International journal of oncology - 1 Apr 2007
Karashima Takashi, Inoue Keji, Fukata Satoshi, Iiyama Tatsuo, Kurabayashi Atsushi, Kawada Chiaki, Shuin Taro
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Primary and metastatic RCCs are consistently resistant to radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or immunotherapy. As recurrent or metastatic RCC after surgery is related with poor prognosis and cancer-related death, development of therapeutic modalities that can control RCC and improve patient survival is urgently needed. We determined whether blockade of the vascular endothelial growth factor-receptor 2 (VEGF-R2)...
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