Antiangiogenic Agents in Cancer Therapy (Cancer Drug Discovery and Development)
Contributors: Beverly A. Teicher (Editor); Lee M. Ellis (Editor)
Edition: 2nd ed. edition
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: September 7, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 705
ISBN-13: 9781588298706
Subjects: Chemotherapy; Medical research; Pathology; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Oncology; Pharmacology; Medical / Oncology
First sentence: Angiogenesis, the formation of new vessels from existing microvasculature, is a tremendously complex and intricate process, essentiaI for embryogenesis and development of multicellular organisms (1), but it occurs only rarely in adult tissues in a tightly controlled manner during normal wound healing and the female reproductive cycle (corpus luteum, placenta, and uterus) (2).