Tumor cell expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 is an adverse prognostic factor in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung.

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Published in PLoS One on November 14, 2013

Authors

Timothy R Holzer1, Angie D Fulford, Drew M Nedderman, Tara S Umberger, Rebecca R Hozak, Adarsh Joshi, Symantha A Melemed, Laura E Benjamin, Gregory D Plowman, Andrew E Schade, Bradley L Ackermann, Robert J Konrad, Aejaz Nasir

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1: Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America.

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Study of Ramucirumab in Ovarian Cancer | NCT00721162

A Study of Ramucirumab in Participants With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma | NCT00515697

A Study of IMC-1121B (Ramucirumab) in Colorectal Cancer | NCT00862784

Study of IMC-1121B (Ramucirumab) in Participants With Liver Cancer Who Have Not Previously Been Treated With Chemotherapy | NCT00627042

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