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SUBMITTER: George S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2747388 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
George Saby S Bukowski Ronald M RM
Therapeutics and clinical risk management 20090915 5
The therapeutic options in metastatic renal cell carcinoma have been recently expanded by the discovery of the VHL gene, the mutation of which is associated with development of clear cell carcinoma, and overexpression of the angiogenesis pathway, resulting in a very vascular tumor. This breakthrough in science led to the development of a variety of small molecules inhibiting the VEGF-dependent angiogenic pathway, such as sunitinib and sorafenib. These agents prolong overall and progression-free ...[more]