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Clinical Study

Dual VEGF/VEGFR inhibition in advanced solid malignancies

Clinical effects and pharmacodynamic biomarkers

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Pages 975-981 | Received 17 Apr 2014, Accepted 09 May 2014, Published online: 19 May 2014

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