Furthermore, the effect of erlotinib may also potentially be due to inhibition of proangiogenic factors (VEGF, IL-8) by EGFR inhibitors, given that activation of the EGF receptor on tumor cells is known to induce the production of VEGF (Bruns et al., 2000; Li et al., 2004b; Ducreux et al., 2007). The gene discussed is VEGFA; the disease is neoplasm.