How would angiogenesis and invasion influence tumor growth and metastasis in a patient with breast cancer?
Answer by zrepmd
Angiogenesis: new blood vessel growth, which is imperative for growing cancers as the vessels bring in needed supplies to sustain the cells
Invasion: a defining ability of malignancies, allowing the cells to disregard normal cellular barriers and disrupt nearby tissues
Cancer cells are able to produce local cell signals which "call" for new blood vessel growth, obviously advantageous to these cellsas growth can be sustained longer as new "food" keeps coming in in greater and greater quantities. Think of it as building 8 lane highways instead of a dirt road- more traffic is possible.
This question is a bit broad, so not sure if I am answering your question to your satisfaction. In any case, there are whole textbooks written about this topic.
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