Abstract
As the number of novel drugs that have entered the market in oncology has slowed in recent years, there has been a dramatic shift towards new therapeutic approaches. The majority of cancer patients die from metastasis formation, which has prompted the pharmaceutical industry to begin to investigate a new class of agents: anti-metastatics. This review provides an overview of the targets, mechanisms of action, and drug substances currently in the pharma pipeline to inhibit tumor cell migration and metastasis formation.
Keywords: Metastasis, invasion, cell migration, signal transduction.
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title:Anti-Metastatics: An Overview of Drug Candidates in Current Pipelines
Volume: 20 Issue: 42
Author(s): Anne Schaap-Nutt, Dane A. Thyssen, David W. Drell and Frank Entschladen
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Keywords: Metastasis, invasion, cell migration, signal transduction.
Abstract: As the number of novel drugs that have entered the market in oncology has slowed in recent years, there has been a dramatic shift towards new therapeutic approaches. The majority of cancer patients die from metastasis formation, which has prompted the pharmaceutical industry to begin to investigate a new class of agents: anti-metastatics. This review provides an overview of the targets, mechanisms of action, and drug substances currently in the pharma pipeline to inhibit tumor cell migration and metastasis formation.
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Schaap-Nutt Anne, Thyssen A. Dane, Drell W. David and Entschladen Frank, Anti-Metastatics: An Overview of Drug Candidates in Current Pipelines, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2014; 20 (42) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612820666140826152610
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612820666140826152610 |
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