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Table 1

List of FDA approved antiangiogenic agents.

Antiangiogenic agentPharmacological classFDA approvals

BevacizumabMonoclonal antibody(i) Metastatic colorectal cancer
(ii) Metastatic non-small nonsquamous cell lung carcinoma
(iii) Renal cell carcinoma (in combination with interferon-alpha immunotherapy)
(iv) Glioblastoma

PazopanibMultireceptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor(i) Renal cell carcinoma
(ii) Soft tissue sarcoma

SunitinibMultireceptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor(i) Second line in gastrointestinal stromal tumor after imatinib exposure
(ii) Advanced renal cell carcinoma
(iii) Progressive pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

VandetanibMultireceptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorMedullary thyroid carcinoma

SorafenibMultireceptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor(i) Renal cell carcinoma
(ii) Hepatocellular carcinoma

Ziv-afliberceptMonoclonal antibodySecond line in metastatic colorectal cancer

RamucirumabMonoclonal antibodyMetastatic esophageal, gastric, or gastroesophageal junction carcinoma