Rapidly acting antitumoral antiangiogenic therapies

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2007 Sep;76(3 Pt 1):031920. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.031920. Epub 2007 Sep 20.

Abstract

We deal with a biophysical description of antitumor antiangiogenic therapies. In particular, by means of some simple models, we study the possible effects of the delay between the drug consumption by endothelial cells and their death on the outcome of the therapy. We have found that this time lag implies an increase in the minimal dose guaranteeing tumor eradication and, if the delay is greater than a meaningful threshold, it may preclude the total regression. These results might be of interest in better understanding the causes underlying the contradictory literature on the clinical trials of antiangiogenic therapies.

MeSH terms

  • Angiostatins / therapeutic use*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / toxicity
  • Cell Death / drug effects
  • Computer Simulation
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Endothelial Cells / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / drug therapy*
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tumor Burden / drug effects

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Angiostatins