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Anti-angiogenesis Treatment
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Today cancer is a more treatable disease than at any time in the past. More than half of all people with cancer now live at least 5 years after being diagnosed.
What Is Anti-angiogenesis Treatment?
Anti-angiogenesis is a form of targeted therapy that uses drugs or other substances to stop tumors from making new blood vessels.
Why Do Cells Need Blood To Survive?
Blood carries vital substances such as glucose (sugar), minerals, and oxygen to the cells. It carries away the waste products. Without blood, cells would die in a very short period of time.
Why Do Tumors Need Their Own Blood Supply?
Without new blood vessels, a tumor can't grow to be larger than about the size of the eye of a needle (about 1 millimeter).
Tumors and New Blood Vessels Support Each Other's Growth
As more blood vessel cells are made, the tumor cells and the blood vessel cells feed each other's growth. The blood vessels bring needed nutrients allowing the tumor to grow.
How Anti-angiogenesis Drugs Work
Anti-angiogenesis drugs don't attack cancer cells directly. Instead, they target the blood vessels these cells need to survive and grow.
How Anti-angiogenesis Drugs Differ From Other Cancer Treatments
Anti-angiogenesis treatment differs from other systemic treatments in terms of what side effects they may cause and how well they work.
Research in Anti-angiogenesis Treatment
Anti-angiogenesis research began more than 30 years ago with the work of the late Judah Folkman, MD.
Current Status of Anti-angiogenesis Drugs
When potential anti-angiogenesis drugs were first tested in the late 1990s, there was a lot of hype around them. The initial hope was that these drugs might replace chemotherapy, offering a more effective, less toxic way to treat cancer.
The Future of Anti-angiogenesis
Several areas of research will probably make these drugs a bigger part of cancer treatment in the future.
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