Experimental Therapy Unit, Laboratory of Oncology, G. Gaslini Children's Hospital, Largo G. Gaslini 5, 16148 Genoa, Italy.
Curr Drug Targets. 2009 Oct;10(10):1021-7. doi: 10.2174/138945009789577954.
Novel anti-vasculature strategies that are emerging for the treatment of cancer and for the inhibition of angiogenesis may be a promising new tool for the adjuvant therapy of malignant tumours. Over the last fifteen years, several reports have been published concerning the relationship between tumour progression and angiogenesis in experimental models of neuroblastoma in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, a high vascular index in neuroblastoma correlates with poor prognosis, suggesting dependence of aggressive tumour growth on active angiogenesis. Here, we present an overview of the most recent advances in anti-vasculature therapy of neuroblastoma, and describe some preclinical results as well as future perspectives.
新兴的针对癌症的新型抗血管生成策略以及抗血管生成治疗可能成为恶性肿瘤辅助治疗的一种有前途的新手段。在过去的十五年中,已经有几项关于神经母细胞瘤在体外和体内实验模型中肿瘤进展与血管生成之间关系的报道。此外,神经母细胞瘤中的高血管指数与预后不良相关,提示侵袭性肿瘤的生长依赖于活跃的血管生成。在此,我们综述了神经母细胞瘤抗血管生成治疗的最新进展,并描述了一些临床前研究结果和未来展望。