Targeting the tumor microenvironment in cancer: why hyaluronidase deserves a second look.

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Published in Cancer Discov on September 01, 2011

Authors

Clifford J Whatcott1, Haiyong Han, Richard G Posner, Galen Hostetter, Daniel D Von Hoff

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Translational Research Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. cwhatcott@tgen.org

Associated clinical trials:

4-Methylumbelliferone as a Treatment for Chronic HBV/HCV | NCT00225537

A Safety Study of Recombinant Human Hyaluronidase (Chemophase) in Combination With Mitomycin in Patients With Superficial Bladder Cancer | NCT00318643

Safety Study of PEGPH20 Given to Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors (PEG) | NCT00834704

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