angiogenesis

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Evidence that angiogenesis, the development of new blood vessels, is important for tumor progression prompted interest in drugs that inhibit angiogenesis-promoting proteins, such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).

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  • Without angiogenesis, the tumor remains the size of a pinpoint and it's not harmful. —  Eva Vertes looks to the future of medicine
  • So angiogenesis is really a central process to the pathogenesis of cancer. —  Eva Vertes looks to the future of medicine
  • The cartilage in shark fin has the virtue of inhibiting angiogenesis, the development of tiny blood vessels, or capillaries, that lay the foundations for tumor growth and metastasis. —  Omni: February-March 1993
  • Evidence that angiogenesis, the development of new blood vessels, is important for tumor progression prompted interest in drugs that inhibit angiogenesis-promoting proteins, such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). —  JAMA current issue
  • Ezetimibe also blocked a cholesterol-mediated increase in angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels required for tumor progression. —  Sawf News - Fashions
 

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