bFGF and tumor angiogenesis Back in the limelight?
Janusz Rak
& Robert S. Kerbel
Cancer Research Program, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada
An FGF-binding protein secreted by tumor cells suggests how bFGF may stimulate tumor angiogenesis (pages 1137−1140).
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