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Nature Biotechnology 26, 769–770 (1 July 2008) | doi:10.1038/nbt0708-769

Hitting the mother lode of tumor angiogenesis

Daylon James , Sina Rabbany & Shahin Rafii

Despite promising early results, cancer therapy aimed at selective destruction of tumor blood vessels faces several hurdles. Among these is the astronomical expense of chronic intravenous treatment with certain antiangiogenic drugs, which makes long-term therapy impractical for most patients.