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Vascular-targeting agent

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A vascular-targeting agent or vascular disrupting agent is a drug designed to damage the vasculature (blood vessels) of cancer tumors causing central necrosis.[1]

References

  1. ^ http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/reprint/10/2/415.pdf "Vascular Targeting Agents as Cancer Therapeutics" 2004