A Randomized Trial of Bevacizumab, an Anti–Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Antibody, for Metastatic Renal Cancer
Author(s) -
James ChihHsin Yang,
Leah Haworth,
Richard M. Sherry,
Patrick Hwu,
Douglas J. Schwartzentruber,
Suzanne L. Topalian,
Seth M. Steinberg,
Helen X. Chen,
Steven A. Rosenberg
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa021491
Subject(s) - medicine , placebo , bevacizumab , interim analysis , vascular endothelial growth factor , gastroenterology , hazard ratio , clinical endpoint , proteinuria , renal cell carcinoma , asymptomatic , urology , surgery , oncology , randomized controlled trial , chemotherapy , kidney , pathology , confidence interval , alternative medicine , vegf receptors
Mutations in the tumor-suppressor gene VHL cause oversecretion of vascular endothelial growth factor by clear-cell renal carcinomas. We conducted a clinical trial to evaluate bevacizumab, a neutralizing antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor, in patients with metastatic renal-cell carcinoma.
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