Solid tumors in mice treated with several cycles of the angiogenesis inhibitor endostatin regress, do not develop drug resistance, and eventually fail to recur.
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Hanahan, D. A flanking attack on cancer. Nat Med 4, 13–14 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0198-013
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