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There are many drugs that are used in the treatment of cancer; some drugs kill cancer cells directly while others change the cancer microenvironment to make it resistant to cancer cells growth. In ChapterĀ 13, we considered a drug, TGF-Ī² inhibitor, which changes the macrophage phenotype, thereby enabling the immune system to kill cancer cells more effectively. In this chapter we consider two entirely different kinds of anti-cancer drugs. The first one blocks the activity of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and the second one uses virus to kill cancer cells.
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Chou, CS., Friedman, A. (2016). Cancer Therapy. In: Introduction to Mathematical Biology. Springer Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29638-8_14
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