PubMed/Medline and Embase databases were searched from 1 January 2002 to 8 November 2013, using the terms: AEE788; aflibercept; AMG 386; angiogenesis inhibitors; anti-VEGF; bevacizumab; BIBF 1120; cediranib; imatinib; nintedanib; pazopanib; perifosine; sorafenib; sunitinib; trebananib; vascular endothelial growth factor; VEGF-receptor AND ovarian cancer OR fallopian tube cancer OR primary peritoneal cancer. Here, VEGFA is linked to ovarian carcinoma.