USE OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER

摘要

The invention relates to a method for screening patients for tumor burden and the use of VEGF-R inhibitors alone or in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of gastrointestinal, genitourinary, lymphoid and pulmonary (small cell and non-small cell) cancer patients and patients with cancers of neural crest origin having high serum or plasma LDH5 levels.