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Hallmark: inducing or accessing vasculature

Tumours grow their own blood supply, or co-opt existing vessels, to get oxygen and nutrients.

VEGF-driven sprouting angiogenesis, vessel co-option, and vasculogenic mimicry. Anti-VEGF drugs modestly extend survival alone and enable immunotherapy by normalising vessels; HIF-2α inhibition acts upstream in VHL-deficient RCC.

Cancer biology: what this kind of term is about · animated schematic, not to scale
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