VEGF INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION

摘要

Methods for treating a human patient suffering from malignant pleural effusion by administering an effective amount of a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor to the human patient. The VEGF inhibitor is a VEGF trap protein comprising a dimeric protein having two fusion polypeptides having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.