Definitions

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  • adjective medicine Describing any drug that attacks the vasculature of a tumour

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ vascular

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Examples

  • There are currently more than 10 investigational compounds in development across a broad scientific platform, including cytotoxic, antimitotic, anti-angiogenic agents, antivascular agents as well as supportive care therapies.

    Positive Phase II Results with Iniparib (BSI-201) in Women with Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer Published in The New England Journal of Medicine - Yahoo! Finance 2011

  • It will take combination antivascular therapy to make a big difference, but this is definitely coming and it's the most promising thing on the near term therapeutic horizon.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • - Potential advantages of such scheduling include improved efficacy due to sustained antivascular activity through repeat antivascular insult and prevention of tumor revascularization.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • It will take combination antivascular therapy to make a big difference, but this is definitely coming and it's the most promising thing on the near term therapeutic horizon.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • - Potential advantages of such scheduling include improved efficacy due to sustained antivascular activity through repeat antivascular insult and prevention of tumor revascularization.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • It will take combination antivascular therapy to make a big difference, but this is definitely coming and it's the most promising thing on the near term therapeutic horizon.

    Dr. Len's Cancer Blog 2010

  • About EndoTAG (TM) -1: EndoTAGTM-1 represents an innovative therapeutic approach that unfolds its effect by both a targeted antivascular (against newly formed tumor blood vessels), and an anti-tumoral (directed against the tumor) mechanism.

    BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories 2010

  • There are currently more than 10 compounds in development across a broad scientific platform, including cytotoxic, antimitotic, anti-angiogenic agents, antivascular agents, monoclonal antibodies and cancer vaccines, as well as supportive care therapies.

    BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories 2010

  • - Potential advantages of such scheduling include improved efficacy due to sustained antivascular activity through repeat antivascular insult and prevention of tumor revascularization.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Additional data suggests that antiangiogenic compounds act synergistically with radiotherapy by increasing radiation damage to the vasculature, leading to secondary tumor cell kill, thus raising the possibility that AEOL 10150 may improve chemotherapeutic and/or radiotherapeutic control of tumors through an antivascular mechanism.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009

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