Molecular Pharmacology Section, Medical Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Sep 15;18(18):4868-71. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-2212. Epub 2012 Aug 6.
Angiogenesis plays a pivotal role in the growth and metastasis of adult and pediatric solid tumors. Clinical investigation of angiogenesis inhibitors is currently under way for childhood cancers. While the pediatric study of aflibercept provides a proof-of-principle, challenges remain in developing clinical endpoints and biomarkers of angiogenesis for pediatric trials.
血管生成在成人和儿科实体瘤的生长和转移中起着关键作用。目前正在对儿童癌症的血管生成抑制剂进行临床研究。虽然 aflibercept 的儿科研究提供了一个原理验证,但在为儿科试验开发血管生成的临床终点和生物标志物方面仍存在挑战。