Traditional chemotherapy kills tumour cells directly; some newer drugs work instead by cutting the tumour's blood supply. An innovative approach combines these strategies sequentially to pack a double whammy.
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Mooney, D. One step at a time. Nature 436, 468–469 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/436468a
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