Breast Cancer

More Vascular Density In Smaller Size Tumors But Not Linked To Outcome

Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 16th, 2001

by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A French study of more than 600 cases of breast cancer shows vessel density within smaller tumors is greater than in larger tumors. Furthermore, tumor vascularity was not significantly linked to outcomes of patients from whom these tumors were removed.

Cancer researchers have begun to focus on angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels, as a means of understanding tumor growth. Conventional wisdom suggests that larger and more advanced breast cancer tumors would contain a greater density of blood vessels, which are used to support tumor growth and expansion, and facilitate the spread of cancer cells. However, new research...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2001-08-16)

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