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Journal of Oncology
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 652320, 12 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/652320
Review Article

Molecular and Clinical Aspects of Targeting the VEGF Pathway in Tumors

Grzegorz Korpanty,1 Laura A. Sullivan,2 Elizabeth Smyth,1 Desmond N. Carney,1 and Rolf A. Brekken2,3

1Department of Medical Oncology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles St, Dublin 7, Ireland
2Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
3Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA

Received 25 November 2009; Accepted 21 April 2010

Academic Editor: Arkadiusz Dudek

Copyright © 2010 Grzegorz Korpanty et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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